GNU bug report logs - #29475
filesystem does not allow ln to create bad symbolic link

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: 29475 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29475: filesystem (apparently cagefs) does not allow ln to create bad symbolic link
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:13:32 -0600

tags 29475 notabug
close 29475
stop

(triaging old bugs)

On 2017-11-30 6:07 p.m., Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 11/30/2017 04:59 PM, bug-coreutils <at> trodman.com wrote:
>>  From my trial and error, this file system does not let you create bad 
>> sym links.
> 
> Hmm, yes, apparently that filesystem can be configured to disallow 
> creation of dangling symlinks or links to files they don't own. See:
> 
> https://www.cloudlinux.com/getting-started-with-cloudlinux-os/41-security-features/933-activating-securelink 
> 
> Using this feature will break a lot of programs (not just ln), but 
> evidently they're not concerned about that.
> 

Given the above, I'm closing this bug.
Discussion can continue by replying to this thread.

-assaf

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