> ---
> Not at all...in fact was told it doesn't. Apparently, though,
> the listed permissions on the links are arbitrary and the system
> fairly well ignores them.
>
> I vaguely remember someone once saying that even if a symlink
> had permissions lrxw------, it could still be used by group and
> others. I don't know if that was or is still true -- certainly doesn't
man symlink
...
The permissions of a symbolic link are irrelevant; the
ownership is ignored when following the link, but is
checked when removal or renaming of the link is requested
and the link is in a directory with the sticky bit set.
In short, the permissions of the file being linked to are important.
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