From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 16 13:33:29 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 DA2B51065672 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:33:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdinfo@comcast.net) Received: from qmta07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D4308FC1E for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:33:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.28]) by qmta07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ib6B1e0010cZkys57dLDMW; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:20:13 +0000 Received: from shrek ([98.251.93.203]) by omta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id idLD1e0094PFzTW3WdLDU5; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:20:13 +0000 From: "bsd info" To: Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:17:30 -0400 Message-ID: <4DF5232CE3154960B8036F752F06ADC3@shrek> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Thread-Index: Acsk6T6SLZn1Fwa8Rau45cmcvTaAgw== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Sticky bit Change ?? 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: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:33:29 -0000 Hello all, Thank you for your response in advance. I am running i386 FreeBSD 7.2 p4 on an HP DL380 G2. I upgraded from 6.1 p23 in March but the machine was built last fall. I am not at liberty to upgrade the machine due to its purpose. However I agree it is time. I had been using sticky bits set on directories to allow groups of users to upload files but making sure only the file or directory owner could modify the file. The directory owner would retrieve the file and delete it. It seems that my later release no longer allows the directory owner to manipulate (delete) the files. This functioned in the earlier release. The documentation sees to be at odds. The current Freebsd Handbook claims that only the file owner is allowed to manipulate a file loaded in the directory where the sticky bit is set. However, in the man pages, sticky(8) claims that root, the directory owner, and the file owner are allowed to manipulate (write/delete) the file. It appears that I have found a bug in documentation or code. Can you tell me where the issue is, code or documentation? If this is a conscious change by the project, can you suggest an alternate method to achieve the functionality? I apologize if I missed documentation that describes this as a change. Thank you, Ray