From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jun 6 17:00:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA23860 for current-outgoing; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:00:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA23787 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:00:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-1) with ESMTP id AAA28386; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 00:56:26 +0100 (BST) To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" cc: "John S. Dyson" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: More on VM, swap leaks In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 06 Jun 1996 16:06:24 PDT." <199606062306.QAA06882@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 00:56:21 +0100 Message-ID: <28384.834105381@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" wrote in message ID <199606062306.QAA06882@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>: > >The VM system totally ignores the sticky bit for executables. > I had always suspected as much. Thanks for confirming this. (Is this > in 4.4BSD in general, or in FreeBSD, specifically?) I think you'll find it's older than 4.4BSD. I seem to remember SunOS 4.1.3 (i.e. 4.3BSD) man pages saying that the sticky bit from files was historical and did nothing. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info