--- 2.2.12/fs/namei.c Tue Jul 13 00:33:09 1999 +++ /tmp/namei.c Fri Oct 1 03:10:37 1999 @@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ struct dentry *dentry, *retval; mode &= ~current->fs->umask; - dentry = lookup_dentry(filename, NULL, LOOKUP_FOLLOW); + dentry = lookup_dentry(filename, NULL, 0); if (IS_ERR(dentry)) return dentry;