Re: sys_chown() hits symlinks

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
18 Jan 1998 11:59:35 GMT

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Followup to: <199801180812.AAA12870@sun4.apsoft.com>
By author: Perry Harrington <pedward@sun4.apsoft.com>
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>
> 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.

-hpa

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