Users, Processes and Permissions

In order to access a file via a symbolic link, we need to have access permissions on the final file itself, not just on the link.
To see the attributes (permissions, last modification date) of the actual file that a symbolic link points to, we can avoid being detectives, and use the -L flag:
```
[choo@simey ~]$ ls -lL /usr/sbin/sendmail
-r-sr-xr-x    1 root     root       451280 Apr  8  2002 /usr/sbin/sendmail
     
```

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