Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@xxxxxxxxx> --- I'm not really happy with the wording, but that's the best I could come up with in my limited free time. man2/symlink.2 | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/symlink.2 b/man2/symlink.2 index 6c929101c..e4aa32b72 100644 --- a/man2/symlink.2 +++ b/man2/symlink.2 @@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ file or to a nonexistent one; the latter case is known as a dangling link. .PP The permissions of a symbolic link are irrelevant; the ownership is -ignored when following the link, but is checked when removal or +ignored when following the link +(except when the +.I protected_symlinks +feature in enabled, as explained in +.BR proc (5)), +but is checked when removal or renaming of the link is requested and the link is in a directory with the sticky bit .RB ( S_ISVTX ) -- 2.34.1
