2010/7/25 Kevin J. Cummings <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 07/25/2010 11:09 AM, Hiisi wrote: >> Dear users! <--SNIP--> > > What are the permissions on bus/usb/001/026? From my testing, if you > chown a symlink, it changes the permissions on what it points to, not on > the link itself.... # ls -l /dev/modem lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 26.7. 11:45 /dev/modem -> bus/usb/001/015 ls -l /dev/bus/usb/001/015 crw-rw-r--. 1 root dialout 189, 14 26.7. 11:45 /dev/bus/usb/001/015 > > I did the following: > > % touch foo > % ls -l foo > -rw-rw-r-- 1 cummings cummings 0 2010-07-25 15:07 foo > % ln -s foo bar > % ls -l bar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 cummings cummings 3 2010-07-25 15:08 bar -> foo > % sudo chown root:wheel bar > % ls -l foo bar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 cummings cummings 3 2010-07-25 15:08 bar -> foo > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root wheel 0 2010-07-25 15:07 foo > Thanks for the hint, Kevin! -- Hiisi. Registered Linux User #487982. Be counted at: http://counter.li.org/ -- Spandex is a privilege, not a right. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
