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SubjectRe: 2.3.99p1 - devfs: symlinks in /dev
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Followup to:  <20000317063708F.mccramer@s.netic.de>
By author: Meino Christian Cramer <mccramer@s.netic.de>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hi!
>
> Why do have symlinks in /dev (made by devfsd or "by hand")
> permissions of the pattern "lr-xr-xr-x" while their targets
> have perms like lrw-rw-rw- ?
>
> Writing access over the symlinks therefore does not work.
>

Huh? Symlink permissions are irrelevant.

-hpa
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