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Re: chmod bits
On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Ira Abramov wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Marc A. Volovic wrote:
>
> > Look in almost _ANY_ book on system administration or system programming.
>
> no, he is right, it IS a problem. I have looked it up many times and
> nobody on Unix Unleashed, Linux Networking, Unix admins for dummies and
> all the rest, REALLY explains the sticky bit, or what a sgid bit on a
> directory does... all from asking Army unix gurus (I didn't know you
> University smarties at the time!)
>From chmod(2) (*not* chmod(1))manual page:
On
some file systems, only the super-user can set the sticky
bit, which may have a special meaning (i.e., for directo
ries, a file can only be deleted by the owner or the
super-user).
Not a very good explanation, but still something...
Vad.
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