Re: Suggested new user link command

On 02/05/18 01:35, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > Hi all! > > Top-quoting is evil BTW. > > On Wed, 2018-05-02 at 00:17 +1200, Tony Wallace wrote: >> Two issues here: >> 1) Use case (which I have) >> 2) Permissions >> >> 1) Use case >> >> I am

Re: Suggested new user link command

e, May 1, 2018 at 12:58 PM, Tony Wallace wrote: >> Good point. But there are gid and uid fields in inode disc record. >> >> https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Disk_Layout#Inode_Table >> >> I assume these can be use to ensure that the directory in which it

Re: Suggested new user link command

have to be a root only syscall. Tony On 01/05/18 21:03, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > Hi > > On Tue, 2018-05-01 at 20:03 +1200, Tony Wallace wrote: >> I am suggesting a new command for linking files. Currently there is >> no >> easy way to link a file with a known

Suggested new user link command

with an inode using the find command and then once found using a standard link command.  Obviously this is very inefficient.  I am certainly willing to give a patch a go, but I would like approval in principle first. Tony Wallace