See also: Ghosts of Unix past, part 4: High-maintenance designs: https://lwn.net/Articles/416494/ https://lwn.net/Articles/416494/ > While hard links are certa

See also: Ghosts of Unix past, part 4: High-maintenance designs: https://lwn.net/Articles/416494/ https://lwn.net/Articles/416494/ > While hard links are certainly a lesser evil than setuid, and there is little motivation to rid ourselves of them, they do serve to illustrate how a seemingly clever and useful design can have a range of side effects which can weigh heavily against the value that the design tries to bring.