If the hostname file is a symbolic link, follow it to find where the
real file is located, otherwise g_file_set_contents will attempt to
replace the link with a plain file.
---
src/settings/nm-settings.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-settings.c b/src/settings/nm-settings.c
index f6f8c37..fc2eb29 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-settings.c
+++ b/src/settings/nm-settings.c
@@ -1532,11 +1532,11 @@ write_hostname (NMSettingsPrivate *priv, const char
*hostname)
char *hostname_eol;
gboolean ret;
gs_free_error GError *error = NULL;
- const char *file = priv->hostname.file;
+ char *file = g_strdup(priv->hostname.file), *link_path;
gs_unref_variant GVariant *var = NULL;
+ struct stat file_stat = { .st_mode = 0 };
#if HAVE_SELINUX
security_context_t se_ctx_prev = NULL, se_ctx = NULL;
- struct stat file_stat = { .st_mode = 0 };
mode_t st_mode = 0;
#endif
@@ -1554,6 +1554,16 @@ write_hostname (NMSettingsPrivate *priv, const char
*hostname)
return !error;
}
+ /* If the hostname file is a symbolic link, follow it to find where the
+ * real file is located, otherwise g_file_set_contents will attempt to
+ * replace the link with a plain file.
+ */
+ if (lstat (file, &file_stat) == 0 && S_ISLNK (file_stat.st_mode) &&
+ (link_path = g_file_read_link (file, NULL))) {
+ g_free (file);
+ file = link_path;
+ }
+
#if HAVE_SELINUX
/* Get default context for hostname file and set it for fscreate */
if (stat (file, &file_stat) == 0)
--
1.9.1
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