[ubuntu-za] Symbolic Links

[Charl Wentzel]

Hi Guys

I've made symbolic links to a few text files from one directory to
another using:

ln -s /sourcedir/* /targetdir

The original files have the permissions "-wr--r--r-", but the newly
created symbolick links have the permissions "-wrxwrxwrx". (Sorry, I
don't like to octal notation very much)

I'm pretty sure this is not right?  Should the permissions not be
maintained?  I never actually took notice before.

Regards
Charl
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