[PATCH] mkfs.ubifs: do not override root inode permissions

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 12:07 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy at nokia.com>
> 
> When mkfs.ubifs is used with -r dir, it does not make the root UBIFS
> inode uid/gid/permissions to be equivalent to dir's permissions, but
> it makes root inode permissions to be equivalent to uid = git = 0
> (root) and permissions = u+rwx go+rx.
> 
> This patch changes the behavior and makes mkfs.ubifs use the
> permissions of the directory containing the original files on the host.
> I.e., it will be <dir>'s uid/git/permissions if case of mkfs.ubifs
> -r <dir>.
> 
> This patch is a bit dangerous because it changes the behavior and may
> have security implications if someone used the older version, relied
> on this bug, and upgrades to the newer version.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy at nokia.com>

Sorry for duplicate.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)