Re: [PATCH v2] vfs: new O_NODE open flag

[Miklos Szeredi]

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> fchmodat(2) says:
> 
>        AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
>               If pathname is a symbolic link, do not dereference it:
>               instead operate on the link itself.  This flag is not
>               currently implemented.
> 
> If the flag were implemented, it would make sense for fchmod() on a
> symlink to succeed, wouldn't it?

I think allowing permission bits to be changed for symlinks would lead
to a mess.  It doesn't much make any sense anyway.

A logical implementation for fchmodat(..., AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) would be to
return an error if the target is a symlink (instead of dereferencing
it).

Thanks,
Miklos
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