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From(H. Peter Anvin)
SubjectRe: sys_chown() hits symlinks
Date18 Jan 1998 11:59:35 GMT
Followup to:  <199801180812.AAA12870@sun4.apsoft.com>
By author:    Perry Harrington <pedward@sun4.apsoft.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> Sounds like ther kernel is begging for a lsys_chown.  I would speculate it
> is so that any joe user can nuke a symlink that he created, otherwise
> wouldn't the root:root semantics be a limiting factor?  I know that symlinks
> are lrwxrwxrwx, it's neccessary to set the owner so any joe user can't just
> nuke any symlink (I am aware that current directory owner/perms affect this).
> Symlinks should not be at the mercy of the directory perms, files aren't.
> 

Incorrect.  Neither the owner nor the mode of a symlink have any
effects, whatsoever.

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