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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 15:32:49 -0700
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Pawe=B3?= Jakub Dawidek <nick@garage.freebsd.pl>
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Pawe=B3 Jakub Dawidek wrote:
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> Hey...
> =

> Why I can made hardlink to file that I'm not owner?
> =

> Simple example why I think that only owner should have permission to cr=
eate
> hardlinks to his files.

Among other things, so that you can use programs that use
file locks based on link count.

-- Terry

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