Re: [arch-general] Why are CA certifcates writable for every user?

[Celti]

On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:12:31 +0100 Marcel Kleinfeller <mar...@oompf.de>
wrote:
> [...]
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    102 21. Dez 17:56 
> Verisign_Class_1_Public_Primary_Certification_Authority_-_G3.pem -> 
> ../../ca-certificates/extracted/cadir/Verisign_Class_1_Public_Primary_Certification_Authority_-_G3.pem
> [...]

Those are symbolic links, as designated by the 'l' prefix in the
permissions. Symlinks in ls always show as having 777 permissions;
their actual permissions are those of the target.

Regards,
~Celti

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