Re: EXT2_UNRM_FL

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Thu, 4 Mar 1999 13:08:25 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Tuomas Heino wrote:

> ... now this raises another question to my mind:
> Would it be possible to create immutable symlinks in a clean way w/ ext2?

Set *any* of the aforementioned attributes - symlink's, erm, contents
can't be changed, so any redirection is possible only via unlink()/symlink()
or rename()/symlink(). Any of IMMUTABLE/APPEND_ONLY/NO_UNLINK gives
protection against rename() and unlink(), i.e. on symlinks they are
equivalent.

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