Use symlink to provide access to a specific file under a restricted directory
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My home directory's permissions allow only myself access to it. Is it possible to put a file inside my home directory with.. say.. full permissions, and create a symlink to it so other users can access that file alone inside my home folder? System is Ubuntu Karmic.
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It's possible, but not with symbolic links. It's called Hard links. Usage: A reference to the file "the-file" will be created in . Hard links points to the same inode (file, directory, ...). Symbolic links have their own inode, and will not work in …
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