tags 715261 fixed-upstream
thanks
Yes, there are odd exceptions. Under /proc/PID, there are some "magic"
symlinks that have other permissions. I"ve added some text to the man
page to note this. Thanks for the report.
On Linux, the permissions of a symbolic link are not used in
an
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 04:51:15PM +0100, Zefram wrote:
> Package: manpages
> Version: 3.44-1
> Severity: minor
>
> symlink(7) says:
>On Linux, the permissions of a symbolic link are not used in any opera-
>tions; the permissions are always 077
Package: manpages
Version: 3.44-1
Severity: minor
symlink(7) says:
On Linux, the permissions of a symbolic link are not used in any opera-
tions; the permissions are always 0777 (read, write, and execute for
all user categories), and can't be changed.
but in reality:
$ l
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