On 10/15/07, Wayne Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a system call that allows their permissions to be changed > after they've been created? (Since lchmod is lacking.)
I don't think so, but as Wesley hinted, one can effectively change a symlink's permissions by deleting it, setting the umask appropriately, and recreating it. I think this behavior is useful enough to be provided by a distributed patch. It does break hard links; are there any other caveats? Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
