I have access to a remote Linux machine where everytime I create a symbolic link, it is created by default with the following permissions: lrwxrwxrwxIf I try to change the permissions of the symbolic link (i.e. not the path that it points to) using for example:chmod g-w my_symbolic_linkchmod runs correctly (no error message is printed) but when I check the permissions again, they are still the same (lrwxrwxrwx).I am waiting to hear from the machine administrator, but I was wondering if this is normal behavior, or if it is something specific to the box.Thanks
Symbolic link permissions
permissions;symlink
It's normal behavior.  What happens can vary depending on the operating system (Solaris at least used to change the link permissions); but since a symlink isn't a normal file, the permissions don't actually get used for anything.  (File permissions are part of the file's inode, so the symlink can't affect them.)