From: root@mauve.demon.co.uk
To: linux-newbie@tlinx.org (linda w.)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: reading links in proc - permission denied
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 23:09:40 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200306142209.XAA17516@mauve.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000b01c332b7$44c68250$1403a8c0@sc.tlinx.org> from "linda w." at Jun 14, 2003 01:55:21 PM
> ---
> Not at all...in fact was told it doesn't. Apparently, though,
> the listed permissions on the links are arbitrary and the system
> fairly well ignores them.
>
> I vaguely remember someone once saying that even if a symlink
> had permissions lrxw------, it could still be used by group and
> others. I don't know if that was or is still true -- certainly doesn't
man symlink
...
The permissions of a symbolic link are irrelevant; the
ownership is ignored when following the link, but is
checked when removal or renaming of the link is requested
and the link is in a directory with the sticky bit set.
In short, the permissions of the file being linked to are important.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-14 22:00 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <200306141905.h5EJ57mE024740@leija.fmi.fi>
2003-06-14 20:55 ` reading links in proc - permission denied linda w.
2003-06-14 21:10 ` Ray Olszewski
2003-06-14 22:09 ` root [this message]
2003-06-06 2:03 Albert Cahalan
2003-06-06 5:45 ` linda w.
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2003-06-05 3:12 linda w.
2003-06-04 18:59 linda w.
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