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posixpath.realpath('secretlink') raises #118447

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GNU coreutils realpath -m doesn't raise an error for secret symlinks (no read permission):

wannes@Stefans-iMac dirs % sudo ls -l secret-symlink l--------- 1 wannes staff 44 Jun 30 2023 secret-symlink -> /Users/wannes/path-picker/link-test/dirs/dir wannes@Stefans-iMac dirs % grealpath -m secret-symlink /Users/wannes/path-picker/link-test/dirs/secret-symlink

But posixpath.realpath() does:

>>> import posixpath >>> posixpath.realpath("secret-symlink") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "<frozen posixpath>", line 435, in realpath File "<frozen posixpath>", line 495, in _joinrealpath PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'secret-symlink'

CPython versions tested on:

3.12

Operating systems tested on:

macOS

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