symbolic link filemodes unchangeable.

[Randal Schwartz]

In article <24818 at sequent.UUCP>, paulr at sequent (Paul Reger) writes:
| Why can't you change the filemodes of a symbolic link ? :
Two parts to the answer:

(1) you can't, but luckily

(2) you don't need to.  The bits are never looked at.  Don't worry, B happy.

(Suprisingly, the *last* time I heard this topic brought up was while
*I* was at Sequent; I was employee #64 there...)

Just another <something> hacker,
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