Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 01:13:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: G.P@chatcity.de Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: symlink with mode Message-ID: <199909292313.BAA01323@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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G.P. wrote in list.freebsd-stable:
> What peculiar feature is it, that symlinks have modes !=0777 depending on
> the umask when they have been created?
Symlinks are "almost" regular files, just with a special
meaning, so why shouldn't they have modes, too?
> Of course the mode is inaccessible by chmod.
chmod -H (see ``man chmod'').
Regards
Oliver
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