On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 12:31:50PM +0200, Peter J. Philipp wrote:

> beta# cpio -o -F spwd.db
> /etc/spwd.db
> cpio: Unable to open /etc/spwd.db to read: Operation not permitted
> 
> This is why I asked if the pledge is too tight on cpio.

Yes, I'd say you are right.

Theo, run

  # find /etc | cpio -o >/dev/null

or

  # tar cf /dev/null /etc

Do you really expect that to fail for /etc/spwd.db?

But grep or hexdump (both pledged, too) work just fine on that file?

Daniel

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