On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 09:53:19PM -0500, Christopher Wellons wrote: > > # touch foo > # ls -l foo > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Feb 12 21:50 foo > # ln -s foo bar > # ls -l bar > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3 Feb 12 21:51 bar -> foo > # chmod go-rwx bar > # ls -l foo > -rwx------ 1 root wheel 0 Feb 12 21:50 foo
This is documented behavior. Use the -h or -PR options if you want to
change the permissions of a symlink:
-h Treat symbolic links like other files: modify links instead of
following them.
