symlink help

[silvernetuk]

Hi,

When setting up a symlink in SSH do you need access to the dir you symlink to ?

Regards,
Garry

[remal]

nope

ex:1
im in /home/duy as u can see

root@server [/home/duy]# ln -s /etc/passwd /tmp/test/passwdLnk
root@server [/home/duy]# ls -al /tmp/test/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Apr  6 01:54 ./
drwxrwxrwt    3 root     root         4096 Apr  6 01:53 ../
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           11 Apr  6 01:54 passwdLnk -> /etc/passwd
root@montada [/home/duy]#

ex2:
im in /tmp/test now

root@server [/tmp/test]# ln -s /etc/passwd passwdLnk
root@server [/tmp/test]# ls -al
total 8
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Apr  6 01:55 ./
drwxrwxrwt    3 root     root         4096 Apr  6 01:54 ../
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           11 Apr  6 01:55 passwdLnk -> /etc/passwd
root@server [/tmp/test]#

they all the same

[silvernetuk]

Hi,

Thank you for the example

So how do these symlinks work are they like a windows shortcut ?

Regards,
Garry