Re: reading links in proc - permission denied

> ---
> 	Not at all...in fact was told it doesn't.  Apparently, though,
> the listed permissions on the links are arbitrary and the system
> fairly well ignores them.
> 
> 	I vaguely remember someone once saying that even if a symlink
> had permissions lrxw------, it could still be used by group and
> others.  I don't know if that was or is still true -- certainly doesn't

man symlink
...
       The permissions of a symbolic  link  are  irrelevant;  the
       ownership  is  ignored  when  following  the  link, but is
       checked when removal or renaming of the link is  requested
       and the link is in a directory with the sticky bit set.

In short, the permissions of the file being linked to are important.