git: 421025a274fb - main - access.2: Mention that lstat(2) should be used for symbolic links
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 08:40:33 UTC
The branch main has been updated by gbe:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=421025a274fb5759b3ecc8bdb30b24db830b45ae
commit 421025a274fb5759b3ecc8bdb30b24db830b45ae
Author: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-05-13 08:40:12 +0000
Commit: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-05-13 08:40:12 +0000
access.2: Mention that lstat(2) should be used for symbolic links
access(), eaccess() and faccessat() will always dereference
symbolic links.
So add a note in the manual page, that lstat(2) should be
used in the case of symbolic links.
PR: 262895
Reviewed by: gbe, pauamma_gundo.com
MFC after: 1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D44890
---
lib/libsys/access.2 | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/libsys/access.2 b/lib/libsys/access.2
index 1dab63afccde..91fe50a08cc4 100644
--- a/lib/libsys/access.2
+++ b/lib/libsys/access.2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd March 30, 2021
+.Dd May 13, 2024
.Dt ACCESS 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ Likewise for
.Dv R_OK
and
.Dv W_OK .
+.Pp
+.Fn access ,
+.Fn eaccess
+and
+.Fn faccessat
+will always dereference symbolic links.
+If the symbolic link itself needs to be referenced,
+.Xr lstat 2
+should be used instead.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std
.Sh ERRORS