On Monday 06 October 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a folder of files that I want to show up in my shared folder for > backing up but I only want the files to be read only when viewed from > the symbolic link. > > Is this possible?
Make a hard link to the folder, set the permissions of the copied folder to read-only and symlink to it. Symlinks have the permissions of the file they point to. I wonder if this will work? Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 027 663 4453 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - personal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - business
