broken 'ln' behavior

Tue Apr 18 04:36:00 GMT 2000

Put simply, I cant make a hard link between directories.
//c>ln --help
Usage: ln [OPTION]... SOURCE [DEST]
 or: ln [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
Link SOURCE to DEST (. by default), or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
Makes hard links by default, symbolic links with -s.
 -b, --backup make backups for removed files
 -d, -F, --directory hard link directories (super-user only)
 -f, --force remove existing destinations
 -n, --no-dereference treat destination that is a symlink to a
 directory as if it were a normal file
 -i, --interactive prompt whether to remove destinations
 -s, --symbolic make symbolic links instead of hard links
 -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix
 -v, --verbose print name of each file before linking
 -V, --version-control=WORD override the usual version control
 --help display this help and exit
 --version output version information and exit
The backup suffix is ~, unless set with SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. The
version control may be set with VERSION_CONTROL, values are:
 t, numbered make numbered backups
 nil, existing numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
 never, simple always make simple backups
Report bugs to fileutils-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu
//c>whoami
root
//c>mkdir real
//c>ln -F real copy
ln: cannot create hard link `copy' to `real': Permission denied
help!?!!!!!
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