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#! rnews 892 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news From: "Simon Harris" <simonh@interconnect.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: changind file permissions for a symbolic link Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 10:03:51 +1000 Organization: Addease Pty. Ltd. Lines: 8 Message-ID: <01bb6d2a.1c8123e0$38673fcb@simonh.addease.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: simonh.mel.interconnect.com.au X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1085 My /tmp directory is a symbolic link to /usr/tmp however when a user other than those (read me) in the wheel group try to read mail for example, they get /tmp/xxxxxxx permission denied. The file permissions on /usr/tmp allow anyone to do anything (probably not good) but even this doesn't work. when i try to set permissions for the symbolic link, nothing happens. Anyone? Regards, Simon.