fs.stat should provide the stats although there is no permission

[NCC1701M]

• Version: v8.11.2
• Platform: Win10 64-bit
• Subsystem:

If you are calling fs.stat or fs.statSync on an item where you don't have permissions to read the error or respective the exception is of the EPERM / EBUSY type. But this shouldn't be occur on reading the stats of a file or folder it should occur when you try to read the content of the file/folder but not when reading the stats.

Because when you use the Explorer or an other file manager you are able to see the files/folders and their information - you can't enter or open - but you can see the information about it.

This should be supported by node.js as well.

[addaleax]

@nodejs/platform-windows

[bzoz]

stat and statSync open the file with FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES (see libuv src/win/fs.c). Are you sure you can read attributes of those folders? I get this when I try to see props of another user on my machine:

[NCC1701M]

Can't check it right now, because I'm on vacation but I will check it and provide the new information when I'm back. The only thing I can provide now one of the exceptions was raised while accessing pagefile.sys

…

________________________________ From: Bartosz Sosnowski <notifications@github.com> Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 7:02:26 PM To: nodejs/node Cc: NCC1701M; Author Subject: Re: [nodejs/node] fs.stat should provide the stats although there is no permission (#22577) stat and statSync open the file with FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES (see libuv src/win/fs.c<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Flibuv%2Flibuv%2Fblob%2Ffa5c1d92967dc448c50ab48a95f11394fcfb9a49%2Fsrc%2Fwin%2Ffs.c%23L1262&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7f2610248f8a4193881708d611b6a4bf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636715873470170243&sdata=%2Fv8darQkxhil3JivuMGa0pHE3%2F48X9mm2aR3QkjKZr4%3D&reserved=0>). Are you sure you can read attributes of those folders? I get this when I try to see props of another user on my machine: [image]<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuser-images.githubusercontent.com%2F17704638%2F44995444-54151d00-afa3-11e8-9642-64712160d34d.png&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7f2610248f8a4193881708d611b6a4bf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636715873470170243&sdata=S23Lpr9c0smzojL0tFpT9kHGqYbfmfAoBvEJjwT7iWM%3D&reserved=0> [image]<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuser-images.githubusercontent.com%2F17704638%2F44995255-90944900-afa2-11e8-92e5-77441caa5b1f.png&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7f2610248f8a4193881708d611b6a4bf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636715873470170243&sdata=AnDnsT4Nhgl7%2F1CHUgzxYm67JzBwt3J1RNre6e%2FRX7U%3D&reserved=0> — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnodejs%2Fnode%2Fissues%2F22577%23issuecomment-418152199&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7f2610248f8a4193881708d611b6a4bf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636715873470170243&sdata=upuoolr8mvOVb2AM%2BKVB20Tzkz0ROqjvCZ%2BoUs8I9S8%3D&reserved=0>, or mute the thread<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnotifications%2Funsubscribe-auth%2FAG7HlTsgxS2b9MHXh3FSpca0WUTTMbhyks5uXVKSgaJpZM4WRJ6z&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7f2610248f8a4193881708d611b6a4bf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636715873470326496&sdata=kyuoyK3Btj37VHxF%2FLHwwK3Up70H%2BcLyjiHp6EeRTOQ%3D&reserved=0>.

[bzoz]

The pagefile.sys is a libuv issue: libuv/libuv#1980.

[Trott]

Closing due to inability to replicate, but please re-open if there's more information or someone manages to replicate this issue.