Re: chflags -RL and symlinks pointing outside the traversal: preserve behavior or add a Capsicum guardrail?

Alan Somers <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hackers
Message-ID <CAOtMX2hD5dd84_-y4_TPStQtxBfV93xNwhNrhWJ14rMqG+WR7w@mail.gmail.com> 
On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 4:49 AM Oliver Pinter <[email protected]> wrote:
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We just committed the chflags changes.  Now, with -RL, chflags will
not follow symbolic links that point outside of directories named on
the command line.  The requested "chicken switch" is a
--dereference-links-unsafely command line option.  Thanks to everybody
who provided input.  And please don't hesitate to report any problems
that you find.
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