Re: [severe] access outside simlinked directory

2008-11-26 Thread Bob Proulx
AT-HE wrote: > if you have a simlink pointing to a directory, chdir to that > symlink dir, and type something with '..', you access the > parent of real directory, not previous simlinked one. Symlinks violate some principles of least surprise. Therefore it is not surprise

Re: [severe] access outside simlinked directory

2008-11-26 Thread Paul Jarc
AT-HE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if you have a simlink pointing to a directory, chdir to that symlink > dir, and type something with '..', > you access the parent of real directory, not previous simlinked one. That's the kernel's doing, not bash's. When interpreting pathnames r

[severe] access outside simlinked directory

2008-11-26 Thread AT-HE
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i486 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i486' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i486-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='b