cvs commit: src/lib/libc/sys symlink.2

[Pawel Jakub Dawidek]

On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 01:57:01PM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> 
> >pjd         2006-12-12 20:05:04 UTC
> >
> > FreeBSD src repository
> >
> > Modified files:
> >   lib/libc/sys         symlink.2
> > Log:
> > symlink(2) return EACCES if a component of the name2 path prefix denies
> > write permission.
> 
> Isn't that a bog in symlink(2)?  POSIX and POLA don't mention it.

It has to be that way. You can't write to a directory you don't have
write permission, ie. you can't create files, directories, hardlinks and
symlinks. 'name2' is a file name, 'name1' is what symlink point at.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
pjd at FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
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