cp: make it a bit closer to POSIX, but still refuse to open and
write to dest which is a symlink.
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		@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
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				bb_error_msg("target '%s' is not a directory", dest);
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				return -1;
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			}
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			/* race here: user can substitute a symlink between
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			 * this check and actual creation of files inside dest */
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		} else {
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			mode_t mode;
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			saved_umask = umask(0);
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@@ -247,13 +249,13 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
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			return -1;
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		/* POSIX way is a security problem versus symlink attacks,
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		 * we do it only for dest's which are device nodes,
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		 * and only for non-recursive, non-interactive cp. NB: it is still racy
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		 * for "cp file /home/bad_user/device_node" case
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		 * (user can rm device_node and create link to /etc/passwd) */
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		 * we do it only for non-symlinks, and only for non-recursive,
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		 * non-interactive cp. NB: it is still racy
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		 * for "cp file /home/bad_user/file" case
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		 * (user can rm file and create a link to /etc/passwd) */
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		if (DO_POSIX_CP
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		 || (dest_exists && !(flags & (FILEUTILS_RECUR|FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE))
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		     && (S_ISBLK(dest_stat.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(dest_stat.st_mode)))
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		     && !S_ISLNK(dest_stat.st_mode))
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		) {
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			dst_fd = open(dest, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, source_stat.st_mode);
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		} else  /* safe way: */
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