"Yang Zhang" <fz15@cse.msstate.edu> writes:

> Hi Michael,

Hi Yang,

> There is one small issue (that I've noticed for a long time). After
> saving, the target file's permission is always set to be "-rwxrwxrwx"
> regardless of the original one. For example, the target file is
> "test.cc (-rw-------)" the symbolic link is "test_link.cc (always
> lrwxrwxrwx)"  After opening "test_link.cc" through tramp and saving
> something, "test.cc" now has a permission of "-rwxrwxrwx".  It there a
> way to retain the target file's original permission after saving
> through the symbolic link file?

Please try the appended patch. It should fix it.

> Thanks
> --Yang

Best regards, Michael.