files: warn the root user when all the write bits are missing
Root has carte blanche to both read unreadable files and write unwritable files -- the file system does not prevent this. So, alert root when opening a file that is intended to be read-only. This fulfills https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58685. Requested-by: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>master
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@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ bool open_buffer(const char *filename, bool new_one)
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free(realname);
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return FALSE;
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}
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#else
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if (new_one && !(fileinfo.st_mode & (S_IWUSR|S_IWGRP|S_IWOTH)) &&
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geteuid() == ROOT_UID)
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statusline(ALERT, _("%s is meant to be read-only"), realname);
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#endif
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}
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