Re: Linux security (was Re: [ILUG-BOM] ZDNET Article)

[Kiran Jonnalagadda]

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Satya wrote:

> >You didn't get it. I want groupA to have read-write permissions, groupB
> >to have read-only permissions, and nothing for everyone else, for a
> >particular file. How do I do that?
> 
> ::small voice:: symlinks?

Doesn't work. Linux ignores permissions on symlinks.

Hard links don't do it either. Since permission information is stored
along with the file and not in the directory listing, changing
permissions in once place will also affect the other place.

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