I checked the code. Seems like those 2 proc entries are 0 by default in current tree. Maybe James are using kernel before that change. () int sysctl_protected_symlinks __read_mostly = 0; int sysctl_protected_hardlinks __read_mostly = 0; On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 12:44 AM, <bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60676 > > --- Comment #3 from Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- > On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 11:21:16AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >> Try reverting 800179c9b8a1e796e441674776d11cd4c05d61d7 > > Or just do: > > echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/protected_hardlinks > echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/protected_symlinks > > (or put the equivalent in /etc/sysctl.conf). > > There is a **very** detailed description of the design decision behind > this change (which went in as of 3.6) in the commit description. See: > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=800179c9b8a1e796e441674776d11cd4c05d61d7 > > In any case, it's "working as designed". > > - Ted > > -- > You are receiving this mail because: > You are watching the assignee of the bug. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
