From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 14 18:13:27 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19CA1065789 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:13:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from oceanpt.safeport.com (oceanpt.safeport.com [65.122.17.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DC9F8FC08 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:13:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oceanpt.safeport.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8EIDOmG095460; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:13:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:13:23 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20100914200116.23a34732.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: References: <20100914200116.23a34732.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (oceanpt.safeport.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:13:24 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unix permissions questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:13:27 -0000 On Tue, 14 Sep 2010, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:32:40 -0400 (EDT), doug@safeport.com wrote: >> I found several directories whose permissions where set to >> >> dr-s--S--T 2 user group 512 Feb 22 2010 .procmail/ >> >> All were .procmail which is what we set for procmail logging and supporting >> recipes. In reading 'man ls' it seems (to me) this might result from losing the >> execute bit on the directory. Is this correct? Been BSDing since 1995 and have >> not seen this set of permissions. Thanks for any insights. > > After a short read of "man ls": > > "s" in the owner permissions = file is executable and set-user-ID mode is set > > "S" in the group permissions = file is not executable and set-group-ID mode is set > > "T" in the other permission = sticky bit is set, but not execute > or search permission. > > Result: User can execute SUID, group cannot execute, others cannot search > or execute; sticky bit is set. > Thanks, I got that from the man page. My question, not stated very well, was can a non-root user set those permissions. If so, I obviously do not know how. _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277