@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ There are a few non-trivial blocks here:
* c: a character device file
* b: a block device file
* p: a named pipe
+ * l: a symbolic link, for ownership changes only
- +mode+, +uid+ and +gid+ are the usual permissions settings
- +major+ and +minor+ are here for device files - set to - for other
files
@@ -474,6 +474,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
goto loop;
}
+ } else if (type == 'l') {
+ struct stat st;
+ if ((lstat(full_name, &st) < 0 || !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))) {
+ bb_perror_msg("line %d: invalid link for %s", linenum, full_name);
+ ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ goto loop;
+ }
+ if (lchown(full_name, uid, gid) == -1) {
+ bb_perror_msg("line %d: chown failed for %s", linenum, full_name);
+ ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ goto loop;
+ }
} else
{
dev_t rdev;
From: Angelo Dureghello <angelo@barix.com> Add to makedevs the 'l' type, to allow symlinks ownership change. Add related change on the makedevs doc. Singed-off-by: Angelo Dureghello <angelo@barix.com> --- docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt | 1 + package/makedevs/makedevs.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)