On Tue 13 Aug 2013, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > > > > Hardlinking a file doesn't change it's owner/group/permission > > > (All Hardlinks have the same user/group/permissions). > > > > I never said that. > > You implied that by your assertion that you suddenly can read a file > after hardlinking it.
NO! I implied that if you have the permissions to make the hardlink, then you also have the permissions to chmod the file. It seems you don't want to understand what _I_ am saying. > > I said that if a hardlink can be made (and I meant on a modern linux > > kernel, with default settings) then the user already has permissions to > > do anything with the file. I forgot already about the old semantics :) > > Did you read what i just wrote? Ditto. > You can't do anything more to the file than before you hardlinked it. Did you read what i just wrote? Try it on a 3.6 linux kernel. Paul -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html