On 2/7/22 18:58, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@xxxxxxxxx> Patch applied, Jakub. Thanks, Alex > --- > > I'm not really happy with the wording, but that's the best I could come > up with in my limited free time. Okay, let's merge that for now. > > 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 ) -- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/
