[Bug 1779914] Re: unsquashfs does not preserve sticky bit when run as non-root

[Jamie Strandboge]

** Summary changed:

- unsquashfs strips sticky bit when run as non-root
+ unsquashfs does not preserve sticky bit when run as non-root

** Changed in: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Also affects: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Cosmic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: In Progress

** Also affects: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)

** Changed in: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)

** Changed in: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)

** Changed in: squashfs-tools (Ubuntu Cosmic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)

** Description changed:

  From https://sourceforge.net/p/squashfs/mailman/message/36343213/"
  
- "This set is an attempt to preserve the sticky bit when running unsquashfs as a
- non-root user. My main motivation for these changes is to improve
+ "This set is an attempt to preserve the sticky bit when running unsquashfs as a non-root user. My main motivation for these changes is to improve
  reproducability when doing a sequence of "unsquashfs -> mksquashfs" as a
- non-root user but I think there's even more value in preserving the sticky bit
- in the case of a squashfs image containing a world-writable directory filled
- with files owned by a single user. Dropping the sticky bit could be considered
- to be a real bug in that scenario."
+ non-root user but I think there's even more value in preserving the sticky bit in the case of a squashfs image containing a world-writable directory filled with files owned by a single user. Dropping the sticky bit could be considered to be a real bug in that scenario."

** Description changed:

- From https://sourceforge.net/p/squashfs/mailman/message/36343213/"
+ From https://sourceforge.net/p/squashfs/mailman/message/36343213/:
  
  "This set is an attempt to preserve the sticky bit when running unsquashfs as a non-root user. My main motivation for these changes is to improve
  reproducability when doing a sequence of "unsquashfs -> mksquashfs" as a
  non-root user but I think there's even more value in preserving the sticky bit in the case of a squashfs image containing a world-writable directory filled with files owned by a single user. Dropping the sticky bit could be considered to be a real bug in that scenario."

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Title:
  unsquashfs does not preserve sticky bit when run as non-root

Status in squashfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in squashfs-tools source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in squashfs-tools source package in Xenial:
  Triaged
Status in squashfs-tools source package in Bionic:
  Triaged
Status in squashfs-tools source package in Cosmic:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  From https://sourceforge.net/p/squashfs/mailman/message/36343213/:

  "This set is an attempt to preserve the sticky bit when running unsquashfs as a non-root user. My main motivation for these changes is to improve
  reproducability when doing a sequence of "unsquashfs -> mksquashfs" as a
  non-root user but I think there's even more value in preserving the sticky bit in the case of a squashfs image containing a world-writable directory filled with files owned by a single user. Dropping the sticky bit could be considered to be a real bug in that scenario."

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