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Date:      Mon, 08 Apr 2002 15:32:49 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Pawe=B3?= Jakub Dawidek <nick@garage.freebsd.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Hardlinks...
Message-ID:  <3CB21A91.89A85DD@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020408200034.C5952@garage.freebsd.pl>

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Pawe=B3 Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> =

> 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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