From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Oct 12 6:37: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from tsolab.org (dnn.rockefeller.edu [129.85.40.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6D7B14C98 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 06:36:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@tsolab.org) Received: from dna.tsolab.org (dna.tsolab.org [129.85.40.125]) by tsolab.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA03760; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:34:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dan@tsolab.org) Received: from tsolab.org by dna.tsolab.org (JAA27013); Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:33:51 -0400 Message-ID: <380339A0.93C4FE1D@tsolab.org> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:37:36 -0400 From: Daniel Tso X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Ronald 'Ko' Klop" Cc: Paul Horechuk , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X won't start References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Thanks for a couple of previous suggestions, but I still have the same > > problem. I checked the symbolic link for X and it appeared correct, except > > for the group access: > > > > lrwxrwxr-x 1 root 12000 24 May 28 20:58 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach64* > > > > A link doesn't have (used) permissions. You must look to the permissions > of the file where the link points to. > > Think about it. If the permissions of the link matter, everybody can make > a link to every program and give himself the permissions he/she likes. I've never understood this... why shouldn't a useful meaning be given to the permission modes of a symbolic link ? It could be treated like a directory -- indeed a symlink is kinda like a directory with only one entry: r could mean contents readable, w writable (alterable in situ, w permission in directory required for unlinking), and x for access (usable to dereference to target). Why shouldn't it be possible to prevent the public from using a symlink or seeing where it points to ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message