fix(p8-security): make --copy-as directory ownership airtight; harden tests/logs

- file_ensure_directory_secure() now chowns a final directory it creates under
  --copy-as and fails on error; the symlink parent-creation call site propagates
  it.  The is_dir branch fails when the confined parent cannot be opened under
  --copy-as.  Closes the residual wrong-owner gap for synthesized/symlink
  parent directories.
- file_restore_symlink_metadata() early NULL return is copy-as-aware.
- Preserve errno across the implicit-parent failure cleanup.
- Neutral skip messages (the clamp, not --no-super, may be responsible).
- Daemon copy-as test tolerates the non-root privilege refusal; usage text lists
  --copy-as.

src/client/usage.c

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ void print_usage(void) {
   printf("                      within the confined receive root.  Never elevates\n");
   printf("                      privileges and never bypasses confinement; ownership\n");
   printf("                      is still applied only with an explicit identity flag\n");
-  printf("                      (--numeric-ids/--chown/--usermap/--groupmap)\n");
+  printf("                      (--numeric-ids/--chown/--usermap/--groupmap/--copy-as)\n");
   printf("  --no-super          Forbid those super-user activities even when the\n");
   printf("                      receiver is running as root\n");
   printf("  --chmod <changes>   Modify transferred permissions (rsync syntax)\n");

src/shared/file.c

@@ -586,10 +586,14 @@ int file_open_secure_parent(const char* path, char** leaf_out, bool create_dirs)
               !identity_apply_ownership_link(fd, component, 0, 0)) {
             /* A REQUIRED --copy-as ownership that cannot be applied to a
                directory this walk just created must fail the entry rather than
-               leave that implicit parent owned by the receiver. */
+               leave that implicit parent owned by the receiver.  Preserve the
+               failing errno across the cleanup so the caller logs the real
+               reason. */
+            int saved_errno = errno;
             close(fd);
             free(copy);
             free(leaf);
+            errno = saved_errno;
             return -1;
           }
           next = openat(fd, component, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_CLOEXEC);
@@ -699,11 +703,23 @@ bool file_ensure_directory_secure(const char* path) {
     return false;
 
   int dir_fd = openat(parent_fd, leaf, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_CLOEXEC);
+  bool created = false;
   if (dir_fd < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
-    if (mkdirat(parent_fd, leaf, 0755) == 0 || errno == EEXIST)
+    if (mkdirat(parent_fd, leaf, 0755) == 0) {
+      created = true;
+      dir_fd = openat(parent_fd, leaf, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_CLOEXEC);
+    } else if (errno == EEXIST) {
       dir_fd = openat(parent_fd, leaf, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_CLOEXEC);
     }
+  }
   bool ok = dir_fd >= 0;
+  /* --copy-as owns a directory this call just created (the final component;
+     intermediate components were handled by file_open_secure_parent above).  A
+     failed REQUIRED ownership fails the call rather than leaving the directory
+     owned by the receiver. */
+  if (ok && created && identity_copy_as_active() &&
+      !identity_apply_ownership_link(parent_fd, leaf, 0, 0))
+    ok = false;
   if (dir_fd >= 0)
     close(dir_fd);
   close(parent_fd);

src/shared/file_receive.c

@@ -364,8 +364,7 @@ static FileSaveResult file_save_special_to_disk(const char* root_directory, cons
        FIFO creation is unprivileged and deliberately NOT gated here. */
     if (!privilege_super_mode_permitted(config->super_mode)) {
       log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING,
-                  "skipping %s: super-user device-node creation is not permitted "
-                  "(super-user activities disabled by --no-super)",
+                  "skipping %s: super-user device-node creation is not permitted on this receiver",
                   file->path);
       return FILE_SAVE_SKIPPED;
     }
@@ -598,7 +597,8 @@ FileSaveResult file_save_to_disk_full(const char* root_directory, const File* fi
   if (config && config->write_devices) {
     if (!privilege_super_mode_permitted(config->super_mode)) {
       log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING,
-                  "write-devices: %s skipped: super-user activities disabled by --no-super",
+                  "write-devices: %s skipped: super-user activities are not permitted on this "
+                  "receiver",
                   file->path ? file->path : "(null)");
       return FILE_SAVE_SKIPPED;
     }
@@ -633,6 +633,10 @@ FileSaveResult file_save_to_disk_full(const char* root_directory, const File* fi
                                            (int32_t)file->metadata->gid))
           ok = false;
         close(parent_fd);
+      } else if (identity_copy_as_active()) {
+        /* The directory exists (ok) but its required --copy-as ownership could
+           not be applied because the confined parent could not be opened. */
+        ok = false;
       }
       free(leaf);
     }
@@ -679,9 +683,12 @@ FileSaveResult file_save_to_disk_full(const char* root_directory, const File* fi
     }
     char* parent = str_dup(link_path);
     if (parent) {
-      file_ensure_directory_secure(dirname(parent));
+      /* Propagate a failed --copy-as ownership of the parent directory this
+         creates; every other failure mode stays best-effort as before. */
+      ok = file_ensure_directory_secure(dirname(parent));
       free(parent);
     }
+    if (ok)
       ok = file_symlink_at_secure(link_path, target);
     free(target);
     /* P7 Wave D: apply the symlink's own metadata with no-follow primitives

src/shared/metadata.c

@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void file_restore_metadata(const char* path, const FileMetadata* metadata,
 bool file_restore_symlink_metadata(const char* path, const FileMetadata* metadata,
                                    bool omit_link_times) {
   if (path == NULL || metadata == NULL)
-    return true;
+    return !identity_copy_as_active();
   char* leaf = NULL;
   int parent_fd = file_open_secure_parent(path, &leaf, false);
   if (parent_fd < 0)

tests/integration/test_daemon.py

@@ -343,10 +343,13 @@ class TestDaemonRejection:
         assert result.returncode != 0
         assert _tree_file_count(AUTH_MODULE) == 0
 
-    def _assert_ownership_refused(self, daemon, module, flags):
+    def _assert_ownership_refused(self, daemon, module, flags,
+                                  accept=("client-chosen ownership",)):
         """A daemon module without `client owner = yes` refuses every
         client-chosen ownership / super-user request at the config handshake,
-        before any data lands."""
+        before any data lands.  `accept` lists the log phrases that count as the
+        refusal (a non-root daemon refuses --copy-as earlier, at the privilege
+        check, so the caller accepts that phrase too)."""
         log_path = os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, "fastsyncd.log")
         before = os.path.getsize(log_path) if os.path.exists(log_path) else 0
         before_files = self._tree_files()
@@ -358,7 +361,7 @@ class TestDaemonRejection:
         with open(log_path, "rb") as f:
             f.seek(before)
             tail = f.read().decode("utf-8", "replace")
-        assert "client-chosen ownership" in tail, (
+        assert any(phrase in tail for phrase in accept), (
             f"daemon did not log the ownership refusal: {tail[-400:]!r}"
         )
 
@@ -368,7 +371,9 @@ class TestDaemonRejection:
         so even a root daemon must not honor an arbitrary client-selected owner
         by default.  The refusal happens at the config handshake, before any data
         lands."""
-        self._assert_ownership_refused(daemon, "files", ["--copy-as=@65534:@65534"])
+        self._assert_ownership_refused(
+            daemon, "files", ["--copy-as=@65534:@65534"],
+            accept=("client-chosen ownership", "requires a privileged receiver"))
 
     def test_super_refused_by_daemon(self, daemon):
         """An explicit --super is a super-user activity request, so a daemon