Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 21:02:27 -0500 From: robin@intercore.com (Robin Cutshaw) To: dg@root.com Cc: robin@intercore.com (Robin Cutshaw), current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.0 SNAP+SMP permission problems Message-ID: <199701250202.VAA03211@intercore.com> In-Reply-To: <199701250118.RAA02556@root.com>; from David Greenman on Jan 24, 1997 17:18:33 -0800 References: <199701250048.TAA02886@intercore.com> <199701250118.RAA02556@root.com>
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David Greenman writes: > > > >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. > Guess I've been working with SVR4/Solaris/Aix/HPUX/IRIX systems to long. Need to get back to my BSD roots... :-) Oh well, do the words "never mind" ring a bell? robin
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