Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> If anyone knows how to test chown(2) -- to see if it dereferences symlinks --
>> when called by a non-root user with only one group, please let me know.
>
> Can't you do something like this?
>
> ln -s nosuchfile danglingsymlink
>
> if (chown ("danglingsymlink", getuid (), getgid ()) != 0
> && errno == ENOENT)
> print ("chown follows symlinks");
> else
> print ("chown does not follow symlinks");
Yes, indeed!
Thanks.
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