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2004 May 10
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read error produces null-byte-filled destination file
I've run into a bug in the IO handling when reading a file. Suppose I
have a file that lives on an NFS filesystem. That filesystem is NOT
being exported with auth=0 permissions. So, if I try to access a file
as root, it successfully opens the file, but subsequent reads fail with
EACCES. This produces a destination file full of null bytes. I
noticed this with 2.5.7, but checked 2.6.2 as