From: noreply@...
Date: 2005-11-17T06:05:25+09:00
Subject: [ ruby-Bugs-2832 ] %x ignores Process.euid with shell metacharacters

Bugs item #2832, was opened at 2005-11-16 14:56
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Luke Kanies (lkanies)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: %x ignores Process.euid with shell metacharacters

Initial Comment:
The following snippet of code does not work correctly on all platforms:

Process.euid = 1
%x(touch /tmp/funtest 2>&1)

Ruby appears to use the UID instead of the EUID when shell metacharacters are present.

However, the behaviour is not consistent.  Out of four installations of Ruby, everything I have that's below 1.8.3 fails, and one of my two 1.8.3 installs also fails.

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