topic Re: /bin Link missing in Operating System - HP-UX

/bin Link Missing

cjhsa — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:40:40 GMT

Had an 11.31 server show up with a missing /bin -> /usr/bin link. I recreated the link, and the system is much happier now, however, I am unable to change the permissions of the link correctly. What am I doing wrong?

# ln -s /usr/bin /bin

# ls -la /bin
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 8 Aug 1 17:36 /bin -> /usr/bin
# chown bin:bin /bin
# ls -la /bin
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 8 Aug 1 17:36 /bin -> /usr/bin

Re: /bin Link Missing

Patrick Wallek — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:09:33 GMT

Add '-h' to your 'chown' command.

For example:

root /root # ll -d /bin
lr-xr-xr-t   1 root       sys              8 Oct 29  2009 /bin -> /usr/bin

root /root # chown -h bin:bin /bin

root /root # ll -d /bin
lr-xr-xr-t   1 bin        bin              8 Oct 29  2009 /bin -> /usr/bin

Re: /bin Link Missing

cjhsa — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:07:54 GMT

Perfect - thanks Patrick!

Re: /bin Link missing

Dennis Handly — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:24:31 GMT

FYI: The permissions on a symlink are just an illusion.

Re: /bin Link missing

cjhsa — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:52:31 GMT