Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 17:18:33 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: robin@intercore.com (Robin Cutshaw) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.0 SNAP+SMP permission problems Message-ID: <199701250118.RAA02556@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:48:19 EST." <199701250048.TAA02886@intercore.com>
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>> >-rw-rw-r-- 1 robin bin 0 Jan 24 04:26 /tmp/xxx >> >> That's a "feature" of 4.4BSD and has nothing to do with SMP. The symlink >> takes on the ownership/permissions of the directory it is created it. NetBSD >> already reverted to the historic behavior, and we should, too. >> > >Don't think that's right. You cannot delete a symlink that you create? Yup - not unless the directory it is in is owned by you. >Also, how do you explain the group permission on the regular file? Files inherit the group ownership of the directory they are created in. This is another BSD thing. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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