Re: Permission question
Hal, 2002-Sep-16 16:15 -0400:
> When permissions on a link and a linked to library differ, which
> permissions control usage? For example, can a program running with a
> non-root user utilize libpam when the permissions in /lib are:
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 09:31 libpam.so.0 ->
> libpam.so.0.72
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29420 Jan 21 2002 libpam.so.0.72
>
> This is the setup from a stock woody install.
AFAIK, the link's permissions determine what is available for the
target, and then the target's permissions are used. So, for the link
you show above, all permission settings are available and the target
sets what are used.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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