From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kay Sievers Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:13:41 +0000 Subject: Re: Bug#286040: please allow permissions.d to follow symlinks Message-Id: <1103292821.14134.217.camel@localhost.localdomain> List-Id: References: <20041217083115.GA4050@wonderland.linux.it> In-Reply-To: <20041217083115.GA4050@wonderland.linux.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 14:58 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Kay Sievers [2004.12.17.1445 +0100]: > > Symlinks should not have any impact on the node. That's the > > concept, that makes more sense to me than the proposed magic. > > Feel free to submit a patch which provides a better fix to the > framework. Do not expect every user entry to reinvent the wheel, > please. There is nothing I can see the need for a fix. It is intentional that the symlinks never change the specified behavior of the node. As said, there is the easy way to specify explicit rule permissions if needed. Kay ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel