I create a file using the code below:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main()
{
const char* filename = "./test.out";
int fd;
if(-1 == (fd = open(filename, O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0666)))
{
perror("Error");
errno = 0;
}
else
puts("File opened");
if(-1 == (close(fd)))
{
perror("Error");
errno = 0;
}
else
puts("File closed");
return 0;
}
I specify the mode
argument as 0666
, which should grant read,write access to everyone. However, an ls -l
shows
-rw-r--r-- 1 kmehta users 0 2012-01-29 16:29 test.out
As you can see, write permissions are only granted to the owner of the file. I do not know why everyone else is not granted permissions correctly. chmod a+w test.out
sets the permissions correctly though.
Code compiled as gcc -Wall test.c
Specs: gcc v 4.5.0 on Opensuse 11.3 64 bit