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# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
#
#, fuzzy
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-06-01 06:08+0200\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
"Language: \n"
"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"

#. type: TH
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "path_resolution"
msgstr ""

#. type: TH
#: archlinux debian-unstable opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "2024-05-02"
msgstr ""

#. type: TH
#: archlinux debian-unstable
#, no-wrap
msgid "Linux man-pages 6.8"
msgstr ""

#. type: SH
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "NAME"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid "path_resolution - how a pathname is resolved to a file"
msgstr ""

#. type: SH
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "DESCRIPTION"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"Some UNIX/Linux system calls have as parameter one or more filenames.  A "
"filename (or pathname) is resolved as follows."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Step 1: start of the resolution process"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"If the pathname starts with the \\[aq]/\\[aq] character, the starting lookup "
"directory is the root directory of the calling process.  A process inherits "
"its root directory from its parent.  Usually this will be the root directory "
"of the file hierarchy.  A process may get a different root directory by use "
"of the B<chroot>(2)  system call, or may temporarily use a different root "
"directory by using B<openat2>(2)  with the B<RESOLVE_IN_ROOT> flag set."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"A process may get an entirely private mount namespace in case it\\[em]or one "
"of its ancestors\\[em]was started by an invocation of the B<clone>(2)  "
"system call that had the B<CLONE_NEWNS> flag set.  This handles the \\[aq]/"
"\\[aq] part of the pathname."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"If the pathname does not start with the \\[aq]/\\[aq] character, the "
"starting lookup directory of the resolution process is the current working "
"directory of the process \\[em] or in the case of B<openat>(2)-style system "
"calls, the I<dfd> argument (or the current working directory if B<AT_FDCWD> "
"is passed as the I<dfd> argument).  The current working directory is "
"inherited from the parent, and can be changed by use of the B<chdir>(2)  "
"system call."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"Pathnames starting with a \\[aq]/\\[aq] character are called absolute "
"pathnames.  Pathnames not starting with a \\[aq]/\\[aq] are called relative "
"pathnames."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Step 2: walk along the path"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"Set the current lookup directory to the starting lookup directory.  Now, for "
"each nonfinal component of the pathname, where a component is a substring "
"delimited by \\[aq]/\\[aq] characters, this component is looked up in the "
"current lookup directory."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"If the process does not have search permission on the current lookup "
"directory, an B<EACCES> error is returned (\"Permission denied\")."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"If the component is not found, an B<ENOENT> error is returned (\"No such "
"file or directory\")."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"If the component is found, but is neither a directory nor a symbolic link, "
"an B<ENOTDIR> error is returned (\"Not a directory\")."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"If the component is found and is a directory, we set the current lookup "
"directory to that directory, and go to the next component."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"If the component is found and is a symbolic link, we first resolve this "
"symbolic link (with the current lookup directory as starting lookup "
"directory).  Upon error, that error is returned.  If the result is not a "
"directory, an B<ENOTDIR> error is returned.  If the resolution of the "
"symbolic link is successful and returns a directory, we set the current "
"lookup directory to that directory, and go to the next component.  Note that "
"the resolution process here can involve recursion if the prefix ('dirname') "
"component of a pathname contains a filename that is a symbolic link that "
"resolves to a directory (where the prefix component of that directory may "
"contain a symbolic link, and so on).  In order to protect the kernel against "
"stack overflow, and also to protect against denial of service, there are "
"limits on the maximum recursion depth, and on the maximum number of symbolic "
"links followed.  An B<ELOOP> error is returned when the maximum is exceeded "
"(\"Too many levels of symbolic links\")."
msgstr ""

#
#.  presently: max recursion depth during symlink resolution: 5
#.  max total number of symbolic links followed: 40
#.  _POSIX_SYMLOOP_MAX is 8
#.  MAXSYMLINKS is 40
#.  MAX_NESTED_LINKS
#.  commit 894bc8c4662ba9daceafe943a5ba0dd407da5cd3
#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"As currently implemented on Linux, the maximum number of symbolic links that "
"will be followed while resolving a pathname is 40.  Before Linux 2.6.18, the "
"limit on the recursion depth was 5.  Starting with Linux 2.6.18, this limit "
"was raised to 8.  In Linux 4.2, the kernel's pathname-resolution code was "
"reworked to eliminate the use of recursion, so that the only limit that "
"remains is the maximum of 40 resolutions for the entire pathname."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"The resolution of symbolic links during this stage can be blocked by using "
"B<openat2>(2), with the B<RESOLVE_NO_SYMLINKS> flag set."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Step 3: find the final entry"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"The lookup of the final component of the pathname goes just like that of all "
"other components, as described in the previous step, with two differences: "
"(i) the final component need not be a directory (at least as far as the path "
"resolution process is concerned\\[em]it may have to be a directory, or a "
"nondirectory, because of the requirements of the specific system call), and "
"(ii) it is not necessarily an error if the component is not found\\[em]maybe "
"we are just creating it.  The details on the treatment of the final entry "
"are described in the manual pages of the specific system calls."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-unstable fedora-rawhide opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "\\&. and .."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"By convention, every directory has the entries \".\" and \"..\", which refer "
"to the directory itself and to its parent directory, respectively."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"The path resolution process will assume that these entries have their "
"conventional meanings, regardless of whether they are actually present in "
"the physical filesystem."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid "One cannot walk up past the root: \"/..\" is the same as \"/\"."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Mount points"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"After a I<mount dev path> command, the pathname \"path\" refers to the root "
"of the filesystem hierarchy on the device \"dev\", and no longer to whatever "
"it referred to earlier."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"One can walk out of a mounted filesystem: \"path/..\" refers to the parent "
"directory of \"path\", outside of the filesystem hierarchy on \"dev\"."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"Traversal of mount points can be blocked by using B<openat2>(2), with the "
"B<RESOLVE_NO_XDEV> flag set (though note that this also restricts bind mount "
"traversal)."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Trailing slashes"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"If a pathname ends in a \\[aq]/\\[aq], that forces resolution of the "
"preceding component as in Step 2: the component preceding the slash either "
"exists and resolves to a directory or it names a directory that is to be "
"created immediately after the pathname is resolved.  Otherwise, a trailing "
"\\[aq]/\\[aq] is ignored."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Final symbolic link"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"If the last component of a pathname is a symbolic link, then it depends on "
"the system call whether the file referred to will be the symbolic link or "
"the result of path resolution on its contents.  For example, the system call "
"B<lstat>(2)  will operate on the symbolic link, while B<stat>(2)  operates "
"on the file pointed to by the symbolic link."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Length limit"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"There is a maximum length for pathnames.  If the pathname (or some "
"intermediate pathname obtained while resolving symbolic links)  is too long, "
"an B<ENAMETOOLONG> error is returned (\"Filename too long\")."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Empty pathname"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"In the original UNIX, the empty pathname referred to the current directory.  "
"Nowadays POSIX decrees that an empty pathname must not be resolved "
"successfully.  Linux returns B<ENOENT> in this case."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Permissions"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"The permission bits of a file consist of three groups of three bits; see "
"B<chmod>(1)  and B<stat>(2).  The first group of three is used when the "
"effective user ID of the calling process equals the owner ID of the file.  "
"The second group of three is used when the group ID of the file either "
"equals the effective group ID of the calling process, or is one of the "
"supplementary group IDs of the calling process (as set by B<setgroups>(2)).  "
"When neither holds, the third group is used."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"Of the three bits used, the first bit determines read permission, the second "
"write permission, and the last execute permission in case of ordinary files, "
"or search permission in case of directories."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"Linux uses the fsuid instead of the effective user ID in permission checks.  "
"Ordinarily the fsuid will equal the effective user ID, but the fsuid can be "
"changed by the system call B<setfsuid>(2)."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"(Here \"fsuid\" stands for something like \"filesystem user ID\".  The "
"concept was required for the implementation of a user space NFS server at a "
"time when processes could send a signal to a process with the same effective "
"user ID.  It is obsolete now.  Nobody should use B<setfsuid>(2).)"
msgstr ""

#.  FIXME . say something about filesystem mounted read-only ?
#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"Similarly, Linux uses the fsgid (\"filesystem group ID\")  instead of the "
"effective group ID.  See B<setfsgid>(2)."
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Bypassing permission checks: superuser and capabilities"
msgstr ""

#.  (but for exec at least one x bit must be set) -- AEB
#.  but there is variation across systems on this point: for
#.  example, HP-UX and Tru64 are as described by AEB.  However,
#.  on some implementations (e.g., Solaris, FreeBSD),
#.  access(X_OK) by superuser will report success, regardless
#.  of the file's execute permission bits. -- MTK (Oct 05)
#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"On a traditional UNIX system, the superuser (I<root>, user ID 0) is all-"
"powerful, and bypasses all permissions restrictions when accessing files."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"On Linux, superuser privileges are divided into capabilities (see "
"B<capabilities>(7)).  Two capabilities are relevant for file permissions "
"checks: B<CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE> and B<CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH>.  (A process has "
"these capabilities if its fsuid is 0.)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"The B<CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE> capability overrides all permission checking, but "
"grants execute permission only when at least one of the file's three execute "
"permission bits is set."
msgstr ""

#.  FIXME . say something about immutable files
#.  FIXME . say something about ACLs
#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid ""
"The B<CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH> capability grants read and search permission on "
"directories, and read permission on ordinary files."
msgstr ""

#. type: SH
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "SEE ALSO"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: archlinux debian-bookworm debian-unstable fedora-40 fedora-rawhide
#: mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6 opensuse-tumbleweed
msgid "B<readlink>(2), B<capabilities>(7), B<credentials>(7), B<symlink>(7)"
msgstr ""

#. type: TH
#: debian-bookworm opensuse-leap-15-6
#, no-wrap
msgid "2023-02-05"
msgstr ""

#. type: TH
#: debian-bookworm
#, no-wrap
msgid "Linux man-pages 6.03"
msgstr ""

#. type: SS
#: debian-bookworm fedora-40 mageia-cauldron opensuse-leap-15-6
#, no-wrap
msgid ". and .."
msgstr ""

#. type: TH
#: fedora-40 mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "2023-10-31"
msgstr ""

#. type: TH
#: fedora-40 mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "Linux man-pages 6.06"
msgstr ""

#. type: TH
#: fedora-rawhide
#, no-wrap
msgid "2024-02-18"
msgstr ""

#. type: TH
#: fedora-rawhide
#, no-wrap
msgid "Linux man-pages 6.7"
msgstr ""

#. type: TH
#: opensuse-leap-15-6
#, no-wrap
msgid "Linux man-pages 6.04"
msgstr ""

#. type: TH
#: opensuse-tumbleweed
#, no-wrap
msgid "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
msgstr ""