"Todd C. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Folder-Protect uses strtoul() instead of assuming octal which breaks
> folks who have had:
>
> Msg-Protect: 600
> Folder-Protect: 700
>
> in their .mh_profile since time immemorial. Using strtoul() in
> auto-radix mode seems pretty bogus since users are used to having
> the missing '0' added for them with program that expect octal input
> (like chmod).
>
> - todd
>
> --- sbr/makedir.c.DIST Fri Jan 28 02:43:39 2000
> +++ sbr/makedir.c Wed Mar 29 09:26:10 2000
> @@ -32,11 +32,7 @@
> if (!(folder_perms_ASCII = context_find ("folder-protect")))
> folder_perms_ASCII = foldprot; /* defaults to "0700" */
>
> - /* Call strtoul() with radix=0, which means it'll determine the base by
> - looking at the first digit. That way it'll know "0700" is an octal
> - constant (and if someone gets wacky and changes the representation to hex
> - it'll still work). */
> - folder_perms = strtoul(folder_perms_ASCII, NULL, 0);
> + folder_perms = atooi(folder_perms_ASCII);
>
> /* Folders have definite desired permissions that are set -- we don't want
> to interact with the umask. Clear it temporarily. */
Thanks, Todd. That's already been fixed in the latest nmh-1.0.3+dev.
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