Hpw to change permissions on symlink

[Becke]

Guys,

What flag do I need to use to change permissions on symlink to 777....I have done man on chmod but I'm unable to determine this..below is what I need to do..current directory is /usr/local/bin
lrwxr-x-- weekly.ksh -> weekly.app.ksh

Now how do i change the permissions to 777 on weekly.ksh without making any changes to weekly.app.ksh...

Cheers
Raf

[Arunvijai_4 · Accepted solution]

Hi Raf,

I dont think it is possible to do.

Check my question on the same.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=956122

-Arun

[RAC_1]

You can't unless you do that with some C code. man lchmod or something similar.

Else, recreate it. Change umask to whatever you want and create link again.

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Raf,

Just a rephrase to my post, I dont think it is possible to do with "chmod".

Check my thread for more information.

-Arun

P.S Zero point please

[Becke]

Thanks Arun and Rac for your quick responses, you guys are right I will have to delete the link and change the umask so I can create it with 777 permissions,

Where is the default umask kept in order to create files in hp-ux machines so i can modify that to umask 000 temporarily to give it 777 permissions??? I will change the umask back to its original once I'm finished...please let me know

[RAC_1]

From command prompt.
umask 000;ln -s source_file "link_to_be_created"; umask "original umask";ll "link_created"

[Raj D.]

Raf,

Check ~.profile , for umask , and you cna change accordingly.

Cheers,
Raj.

[Becke]

Thanks Team for your input..

RAC's suggestion worked ie From command prompt.
umask 000;ln -s source_file "link_to_be_created"; umask "original umask";ll "link_created"

This problem has now been resolved...

I will assign points now...

Cheers
Raf