Subject: Re: Symlink ownership
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 07/28/1995 12:41:17
>> Is there any reason that the special directory entry could not
>> retain the uid & gid for this special case of inode data?
> Yes.  If I own the directory, I can then create symlinks and edit my
> directory file to give the link away to anyone I want to.

How?  Not even root can write directly to a directory.

					der Mouse

			    mouse@collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu