Re: [tlug] cp oddity

[ijw@example.com]

> On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 11:56 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>> >>>>> "Shawn" == Shawn  <javajunkie@example.com> writes:
>>
>>     Shawn> it's funny that when copying all of 11000+ files which are
>>     Shawn> permissioned at 555, I sometimes get permission errors and
>>     Shawn> mostly not
>>
>>     Shawn> cp -R /media/cdrecorder /home/j/R/aba_2
>>     Shawn> cp: cannot create regular file
>>
>> "Create" requires w permission on the directory (as well as x
>> permission on parents of that directory, IIRC).
>>
>
> sure sure and I had permission to write in the destination directory
> which is why about 11000 files got written there.  Why I scratch my head
> is that 6 did not.  I mean I was writting to a 755 directory as the
> owner.

(a) ACLs? (unlikely)
(b) different filesystems with different name/path requirements (possible)

Other than that

(c) Redhat being crap (quite likely)