Subject: Re: misc/6166: No obvious documentation on symlink modes
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/16/1998 14:25:50
Chris G. Demetriou writes:
> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:
> > Nothing. It means nothing. Why do you assume it must mean something?
> 
> If it doesn't mean anything, then isn't it a bit _STUPID_ to have
> syscalls to set that information?

The fact that the syscall is capable of setting the suid bits which
are meaningless does not reflect on the fact that the syscall is
capable of setting other bits which are meaningful.

Perry