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-rw-r--r--lib/lib.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/lib.c b/lib/lib.c
index e16873f0..7911315e 100644
--- a/lib/lib.c
+++ b/lib/lib.c
@@ -686,15 +686,16 @@ char *num_to_sig(int sig)
// premute mode bits based on posix mode strings.
mode_t string_to_mode(char *modestr, mode_t mode)
{
- char *whos = "ogua", *hows = "=+-", *whats = "xwrstX", *whys = "ogu";
- char *s, *str = modestr;
+ char *whos = "ogua", *hows = "=+-", *whats = "xwrstX", *whys = "ogu",
+ *s, *str = modestr;
+ mode_t extrabits = mode & ~(07777);
// Handle octal mode
if (isdigit(*str)) {
mode = strtol(str, &s, 8);
if (*s || (mode & ~(07777))) goto barf;
- return mode;
+ return mode | extrabits;
}
// Gaze into the bin of permission...
@@ -762,7 +763,8 @@ mode_t string_to_mode(char *modestr, mode_t mode)
if (!*str) break;
}
- return mode;
+
+ return mode|extrabits;
barf:
error_exit("bad mode '%s'", modestr);
}