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From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (ody)
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Subject: Re: Linking directories on Xenix???
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Date: 21 Aug 89 19:07:06 GMT
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  You can do this as root using the link(S) system call. Of course if
you mistrust the program to the extent of making it run chroot then *I*
wouldn't let it touch the space where my passwd and group live. I
strongly encourage doing something like copying the modified files
(perhaps after checking WHICH files they are) into the live /etc.

  Another note (I found out the hard way), most backup programs will
fail in some way trying to back up such a link. Be *very* careful, as
some of the failure modes I found involved trashing the filesystems
completely.
	bill davidsen		(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me