Re: [PATCH] new syscall: flink

From: Olivier Galibert (galibert@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 03:18:00 EST

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On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 07:29:35AM +0000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> Can't you just check those permissions, i.e. behave like link() ?
> If you cant't access the path to the file, don't permit flink() ?

Which path ? A file can have many paths to it, or to the other
extreme none at all.

OG.
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