RFR: 8062795: (fs) Files.setPermissions requires read access when NOFOLLOW_LINKS specified [v4]

Wed Aug 16 15:56:09 UTC 2023

On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:54:49 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> If setting POSIX permissions while not following links fails with `AccessDeniedException` but the path does not contain any symbolic links, then retry the operation as if the `NOFOLLOW_LINKS` option had not been specified.
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> Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   8062795: Add a comment about retyring on EACCES

Marked as reviewed by alanb (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15214#pullrequestreview-1580946358