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Hard links are created with the same ownerships and permissions as the
file or directory to which they are linked. If ownership or
permissions are changed on a link or file, the same changes appear on
corresponding hard links. The ln command does not permit hard links
to a directory.
Symbolic links are created with the ownership of the creator and the
permissions are of the creator's current umask. Once created, the
symbolic link ownership and permissions will not change, since the
mode and ownership of the symbolic link is ignored by the system.
Also, you can't create hard links across file systems. They have to reside on the