mv: Cannot move socket to another FS
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U - mv
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Description
$ uu-cp -a '/run/dbus/system_bus_socket' s
$ uu-mv s /tmp/s
mv: Permission denied
$ gnu-mv s /tmp/s # no error
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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Research direction
Reproduce the commands in the issue and inspect the mv implementation and its existing tests to trace how moving a socket across filesystems is handled. Done means the behavior no longer reports Permission denied for this case and a regression test covers the demonstrated commands.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100