Where exactly do symbolic links created with symlink() get their
permissions? The lstat man page says it is from the parent folder,
yet when actually creating a symlink in practice, they have neither
the permissions of the target nor the parent directory. The
symlink(7) man page mentions lchmod() but that function doesn't seem
to be a part of OS X.
The permissions seem to be the umask permissions for newly-created
directories.
Which seems to go against all documentation on symlinks included with Tiger.
How can we ensure that relative symbolic links we create are able to
be followed?
It shouldn't matter. It's the permissions on the target, not the
permissions on the link, that limit what you can do with the target.
But it does. If the user cannot read the symlink (as is our case)
then they cannot follow it.
Sincerely,
Rosyna Keller
Technical Support/Holy Knight/Always needs a hug
Unsanity: Unsane Tools for Insanely Great People
It's either this, or imagining Phil Schiller in a thong.
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