[BUG] Incorrect permissions on file when using symbolic link

[dwoz]

Description

salt can change a file’s permissions to 777 when it attempts to change ownership of symbolic links that point to that file.

Setup

[root@d435dc990f97 /]# salt-minion -V
Salt Version:
          Salt: 3006.7
 
Python Version:
        Python: 3.10.13 (main, Feb 19 2024, 03:31:20) [GCC 11.2.0]
 
Dependency Versions:
          cffi: 1.14.6
      cherrypy: 18.6.1
      dateutil: 2.8.1
     docker-py: Not Installed
         gitdb: Not Installed
     gitpython: Not Installed
        Jinja2: 3.1.3
       libgit2: Not Installed
  looseversion: 1.0.2
      M2Crypto: Not Installed
          Mako: Not Installed
       msgpack: 1.0.2
  msgpack-pure: Not Installed
  mysql-python: Not Installed
     packaging: 22.0
     pycparser: 2.21
      pycrypto: Not Installed
  pycryptodome: 3.19.1
        pygit2: Not Installed
  python-gnupg: 0.4.8
        PyYAML: 6.0.1
         PyZMQ: 23.2.0
        relenv: 0.15.1
         smmap: Not Installed
       timelib: 0.2.4
       Tornado: 4.5.3
           ZMQ: 4.3.4
 
System Versions:
          dist: rocky 8.8 Green Obsidian
        locale: utf-8
       machine: x86_64
       release: 4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8.x86_64
        system: Linux
       version: Rocky Linux 8.8 Green Obsidian
 
[root@d435dc990f97 /]# cat /srv/salt/test.sls 
/test-dir:
  file.directory:
    - user: root
    - recurse:
      - user
[root@d435dc990f97 /]# ls -l /test-dir
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 nobody root 6 Mar 25 09:03 link -> target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root 2 Mar 25 09:03 target
[root@d435dc990f97 /]# salt-call --local state.sls test
local:
----------
          ID: /test-dir
    Function: file.directory
      Result: True
     Comment: Directory /test-dir updated
     Started: 09:04:46.630809
    Duration: 7.34 ms
     Changes:   
              ----------
              /test-dir/link:
                  ----------
                  user:
                      root
              user:
                  root

Summary for local
------------
Succeeded: 1 (changed=1)
Failed:    0
------------
Total states run:     1
Total run time:   7.340 ms
[root@d435dc990f97 /]# ls -l /test-dir
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Mar 25 09:03 link -> target
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2 Mar 25 09:03 target

[dwoz]

Fixed in 3006.8