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From: jv@mhres.mh.nl (Johan Vromans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: chmod/chown/chgrp with symlinks
Message-ID: <4204@mhres.mh.nl>
Date: 2 Jan 90 11:31:52 GMT
Organization: Multihouse NV, the Netherlands
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When applied to a symbolic link,
 - chmod changes permissions of the real file
 - chown changes ownership of the symlink
 - chgrp is apparently ignored

Is this a bug or a feature?

Sample session:

~ > uname -a
HP-UX mhres 6.2 B 9000/320 mhres
~ > touch the-file
~ > ln -s the-file the-link
~ > ll the-file the-link
-rw-r--r--   1 jv       bsp            0 Jan  2 12:19 the-file
lrwxr-xr-x   1 jv       bsp            8 Jan  2 12:19 the-link -> the-file
~ > chmod a+w the-link
~ > chgrp mail the-link
~ > chown news the-link
~ > ll the-file the-link
-rw-rw-rw-   1 jv       bsp            0 Jan  2 12:19 the-file
lrwxr-xr-x   1 news     bsp            8 Jan  2 12:19 the-link -> the-file


Johan
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