Re: Can't hardlink in different dirs. (BUG#826)

[Kjetil Torgrim Homme]

[Alexander Viro]

>       Again, until you've removed your link _other_ links do not
>   matter.  And once you've removed it it will not be used to create
>   new ones anyway.  I still don't see anything you could buy
>   prohibiting link().

Think chroot().  Think chmod() (by the admin after the "rogue"
link()).  I think the change in semantics is reasonable.  Hardlinks
are seldom used by ordinary users, anyway, since they can't cross
device boundaries.


Kjetil T.