openssh bugs - Jul 2010 - [Bug 1792] New: Unable to "ls" within a directory with special characters "[" or "]"

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792

           Summary: Unable to "ls" within a directory with special
                    characters "[" or "]"
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 5.5p1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: sftp
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: sftpbug at mailinator.com


Unable to "ls" within a directory with special characters
"[" or "]"

Issue appears as follows once connected to remote SFTP server:
sftp> pwd
Remote working directory: /foo
sftp> ls
directory [one]
sftp> cd directory\ [one]
sftp> pwd
Remote working directory: /foo/directory [one]
sftp> ls
Can't ls: "/foo/directory [one]" not found

However, the client is freely able to list the directory contents when
outside the directory that contains the special characters: "[" and/or
"]" 
sftp> ls "/foo/directory [one]" 
Successful.

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Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au>  ---
What platform is this?  I can't reproduce the problem on either OpenBSD
or Fedora.

$ cd /tmp
$ mkdir directory\ [one]
$ cd directory\ \[one\]/
$ touch bar
$ sftp localhost
Connected to localhost.
sftp> cd /tmp/directory\ [one]/
sftp> pwd
Remote working directory: /tmp/directory [one]
sftp> ls
bar  
sftp> 

A couple of things you can try:

./configure --with-cflags=-DBROKEN_REALPATH

./configure --with-cflags=-DBROKEN_GLOB

and see if either of these makes the problem go away.

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--- Comment #2 from sftpbug at mailinator.com  ---
OS-X Snow Leopard 10.6.4

SSH Version Info:
OpenSSH_5.5p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8l 5 Nov 2009

Issue persists with re-compiling using ./configure flags.

(In reply to comment #1)
> What platform is this?  I can't reproduce the problem on either OpenBSD
> or Fedora.
> 
> $ cd /tmp
> $ mkdir directory\ [one]
> $ cd directory\ \[one\]/
> $ touch bar
> $ sftp localhost
> Connected to localhost.
> sftp> cd /tmp/directory\ [one]/
> sftp> pwd
> Remote working directory: /tmp/directory [one]
> sftp> ls
> bar  
> sftp> 
> 
> A couple of things you can try:
> 
> ./configure --with-cflags=-DBROKEN_REALPATH
> 
> ./configure --with-cflags=-DBROKEN_GLOB
> 
> and see if either of these makes the problem go away.
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--- Comment #3 from Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au>  ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> OS-X Snow Leopard 10.6.4
OK, I can reproduce it with 5.5p1, but I think it's since been fixed
(bug #1655).

Please try a snapshot http://www.mindrot.org/openssh_snap/

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #4 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2010-11-05 10:55:07
EST ---
I can't elicit this in -current.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #5 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2011-01-24 12:34:03
EST ---
Move resolved bugs to CLOSED after 5.7 release

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