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When considering the use of hard links, what are valid reasons not to use hard links?

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When considering the use of hard links, what are valid reasons not to use hard links?

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  • AHard links are not available on all Linux systems because traditional filesystems, such as
  • BEach hard link has individual ownership, permissions and ACLs which can lead to unintended
  • CHard links are specific to one filesystem and cannot point to files on another filesystem
  • DIf users other than root should be able to create hard links, suln has to be installed and
  • EWhen a hard linked file is changed, a copy of the file is created and consumes additional

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