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diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index 8fe11a1e7..5759e0d07 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* cp.c -- file copying (main routines)
- Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006 Free Software Foundation.
+ Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2007 Free Software Foundation.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ make_dir_parents_private (char const *const_dir, size_t src_offset,
mode_t src_mode;
mode_t omitted_permissions;
mode_t mkdir_mode;
+ int src_errno;
/* This component does not exist. We must set
*new_dst and new->mode inside this loop because,
@@ -422,15 +423,28 @@ make_dir_parents_private (char const *const_dir, size_t src_offset,
make_dir_parents_private creates only e_dir/../a if
./b already exists. */
*new_dst = true;
- if (XSTAT (x, src, &stats))
+ src_errno = (XSTAT (x, src, &stats) != 0
+ ? errno
+ : S_ISDIR (stats.st_mode)
+ ? 0
+ : ENOTDIR);
+ if (src_errno)
{
- error (0, errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
+ error (0, src_errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
quote (src));
return false;
}
src_mode = stats.st_mode;
- omitted_permissions =
- x->preserve_ownership ? src_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO) : 0;
+
+ /* If the ownership or special mode bits might change,
+ omit some permissions at first, so unauthorized users
+ cannot nip in before the file is ready. */
+ omitted_permissions = (src_mode
+ & (x->preserve_ownership
+ ? S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO
+ : x->preserve_mode
+ ? S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH
+ : 0));
/* POSIX says mkdir's behavior is implementation-defined when
(src_mode & ~S_IRWXUGO) != 0. However, common practice is