How do file permissions apply to symlinks?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/303040/h...

Accepted answer links:
[baraboom]: https://superuser.com/questions/303040/h...

Answer 2 links:
[the SUSv4/POSIX.1-2008 description of symlink() system call]: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/969...

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