Root can't create a symbolic link

Niall O Broin (nobroin@esoc.esa.de)
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 15:45:10 +0000 (GMT)

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Under Solaris 2.5.1, root can't create a symbolic link unless the
directory containing the link is globally writable. This is not the
case under SunOS. Is this a bug or a feature ?

Kindest regards,

Niall O Broin

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