Date: Tue, 03 Sep 96 14:44:21 +0100 From: David Hedley <hedley@cs.bris.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: symlinks misfeature? Message-ID: <19399.841758261@kiha>
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Having just done man 7 symlinks, I notice that it says symlinks are not owned by the user that created them, but rather by the owner of the directory. This is all very well until a user creates a symlink in /tmp and then finds out they can't remove it as the symlink is 'owned' by root (the owner of the directory), and /tmp has the sticky bit set. Is there any solution to this problem? I realise (being documented) it isn't really a bug, but surely this behaviour is not desirable? If there is a workaround for it I would knowing appreciate it! Regards, David -- David Hedley (David.Hedley@bris.ac.uk) finger hedley@cs.bris.ac.uk for PGP key Computer Graphics Group | University of Bristol | UK
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