coreutils/tests/truncate/truncate-owned-by-other.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Demonstrate that "truncate -s0 writable-but-owned-by-other" works.

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. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
print_ver_ truncate

require_root_

# Create a file owned by root, and writable by $NON_ROOT_USERNAME.
echo > root-owned || framework_failure_
chgrp +$NON_ROOT_GID . root-owned || framework_failure_
chmod g+w root-owned

# Ensure that the current directory is searchable by $NON_ROOT_USERNAME.
chmod g+x .

chroot --skip-chdir --user=$NON_ROOT_USERNAME / env PATH="$PATH" \
  truncate -s0 root-owned || fail=1

Exit $fail