Re: ext2 attribute immutable

Stephen Robert Norris (srn@flibble.cs.su.oz.au)
Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:11:43 +1000 (EST)


>From the chattr man page from the latest e2fs tools:

A file with the `i' attribute cannot be modified: it can-
not be deleted or renamed, no link can be created to this
file and no data can be written to the file. Only the
superuser can set or clear this attribute.

I guess this answers the question; you cannot link to an immutable file, (and
by extension, can't unlink it, as this could delete it).

Stephen