Messages in this thread | | | From | Marc-Christian Petersen <> | Subject | Re: Symlink indirection | Date | Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:11:25 +0100 |
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On Friday 13 December 2002 16:06, Andrew Walrond wrote:
Hi Andrew,
> Is the number of allowed levels of symlink indirection (if that is the > right phrase; I mean symlink -> symlink -> ... -> file) dependant on the > kernel, or libc ? Where is it defined, and can it be changed?
fs/namei.c
if (current->link_count >= 5)
change to a higher value.
So, the answer is: Kernel :)
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