fix(symlinkguard): report and remove FIFOs, sockets and devices too (#179) (#190)
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Scan reports special files (not regular, directory or symlink) in Result.Special, so the startup check refuses with a message naming them; Watch removes them through an os.Root after re-checking the type, and reports any it cannot remove (never as removed).

Fixes #179. Adversarial review: BLOCKED, BLOCKED, PASS. Flake on main tracked in #193.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Mathias <mthbqv@gmail.com>
This commit was merged in pull request #190.
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2026-10-05 21:15:57 +00:00
committed by mathias
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent ddd4bdc2ac
commit 4770f97ffd
3 changed files with 173 additions and 5 deletions
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
"os"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
"syscall"
"testing"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -63,3 +64,13 @@ func TestStartupSymlinkCheckRefusesAnUnlistableBrainRoot(t *testing.T) {
t.Cleanup(func() { _ = os.Chmod(brain, 0o755) })
assert.Error(t, startupSymlinkCheck(brain))
}
// hyperguild#179: a FIFO in the brain is refused at startup with a clear
// message, instead of hanging or exiting later in a reader.
func TestStartupSymlinkCheckRefusesABrainWithAFIFO(t *testing.T) {
brain := t.TempDir()
require.NoError(t, syscall.Mkfifo(filepath.Join(brain, "classification.yaml"), 0o644))
err := startupSymlinkCheck(brain)
require.Error(t, err)
assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "classification.yaml")
}