Re: [pcp] Collateral damage in non-root changes

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
> On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 21:45 -0500, Nathan Scott wrote:
> ...
> > That doesn't make sense to me (nor do I see how chown on the
> > pmlogger directory changes this behaviour) - the permissions
> > of a symlink are irrelevant - as described here...
> > http://superuser.com/questions/303040/how-do-file-permissions-apply-to-symlinks
> > 
> > Which suggests its the directory... hmmm... the only thing I
> > can think of is a kernel issue. ...
> 
> Nod.
> 

Also "lsattr -d <dir>" might show some unexpected attribute?
Can't think what attribute might cause this behaviour though.

Otherwise maybe some selinux or other security module coming
into play?  (guessing wildly)

cheers.

--
Nathan