Re: Finding symlink information in MAC Framework

2011-07-29 Thread perryh
jan.gr...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: ... > One additional thing that symlinks manage to do is to refer to > directories as well as files Yes; I left that aspect out by way of simplification since it did not seem pertinent to the OP's situation. > har

Re: Finding symlink information in MAC Framework

2011-07-28 Thread jan . grant
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > s wrote: > > > ... I am trying to compare the owner of the symlink to the owner > > of what the symlink points to ... At first I was trying to check > > wheter some user is trying to create such a symlink ... > > I've always considered the "ow

Re: Finding symlink information in MAC Framework

2011-07-27 Thread Robert N. M. Watson
On 27 Jul 2011, at 16:57, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > s wrote: > >> ... I am trying to compare the owner of the symlink to the owner >> of what the symlink points to ... At first I was trying to check >> wheter some user is trying to create such a symlink ... > > I've always considered the

Re: Finding symlink information in MAC Framework

2011-07-27 Thread perryh
s wrote: > ... I am trying to compare the owner of the symlink to the owner > of what the symlink points to ... At first I was trying to check > wheter some user is trying to create such a symlink ... I've always considered the "ownership" and "permissions" of a symlink to be an artifact of the

Re: Finding symlink information in MAC Framework

2011-07-26 Thread s
On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:42:53 +0100 (BST), Robert Watson wrote: On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, s wrote: I am trying to get some information related to the symlink which is being accessed by the user in MAC Framework. Currently I managed to get the uid/gid of the owner of the symlink that is being read, b

Re: Finding symlink information in MAC Framework

2011-07-26 Thread s
On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:42:53 +0100 (BST), Robert Watson wrote: On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, s wrote: I am trying to get some information related to the symlink which is being accessed by the user in MAC Framework. Currently I managed to get the uid/gid of the owner of the symlink that is being read, b

Re: Finding symlink information in MAC Framework

2011-07-25 Thread Robert Watson
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, s wrote: I am trying to get some information related to the symlink which is being accessed by the user in MAC Framework. Currently I managed to get the uid/gid of the owner of the symlink that is being read, but now I need to get the same information about the target, th

Finding symlink information in MAC Framework

2011-07-15 Thread s
Hello everyone, I am trying to get some information related to the symlink which is being accessed by the user in MAC Framework. Currently I managed to get the uid/gid of the owner of the symlink that is being read, but now I need to get the same information about the target, that the symlink