Module Name: src
Committed By: uwe
Date: Sat Jul 20 13:12:19 UTC 2024
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: link.2
Log Message:
link(2): links to directories are refused at the VFS level
Drop the condition that "the caller is the super-user and the file
system ... supports linking to directories."
>From nabijaczleweli.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.33 -r1.34 src/lib/libc/sys/link.2
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/sys/link.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/link.2:1.33 src/lib/libc/sys/link.2:1.34
--- src/lib/libc/sys/link.2:1.33 Sun Sep 1 19:52:32 2019
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/link.2 Sat Jul 20 13:12:19 2024
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: link.2,v 1.33 2019/09/01 19:52:32 sevan Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: link.2,v 1.34 2024/07/20 13:12:19 uwe Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993, 2011
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)link.2 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/12/94
.\"
-.Dd September 1, 2019
+.Dd July 20, 2024
.Dt LINK 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ and
.Fa name2
must be in the same file system.
.Fa name1
-may not be a directory unless the caller is the super-user
-and the file system containing it supports linking to directories.
+may not be a directory.
.Pp
.Fn linkat
works the same way as
@@ -188,11 +187,7 @@ does not support links.
.It Bq Er EPERM
The file named by
.Fa name1
-is a directory and the effective
-user ID is not super-user,
-or the file system containing the file does not permit the use of
-.Fn link
-on a directory.
+is a directory.
.It Bq Er EROFS
The requested link requires writing in a directory on a read-only file
system.
