Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 11:14:05 +0200 From: lada@ws6303.gud.siemens.at (Hr.Ladavac) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, sec@42.org Subject: Re: RFC.. Proposal.. file flag No-delete Message-ID: <199705200914.LAA20550@ws6423.gud.siemens.at>
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> From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 19:31:13 MET 1997 > To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > From: sec@42.org (Stefan `Sec` Zehl) > Subject: Re: RFC.. Proposal.. file flag No-delete > Date: 17 May 1997 19:19:18 +0200 > X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.0-2 BETA UNIX) > X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > In article <337B4E06.1B37ADEA@whistle.com>, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > I think giving SGID the same mening relative to group for directories > > > as the sticky bit is a much less intrusive change than the "delete" > > > change. > > > > > Isn't there a normal use for SUID and SGID fro directories? > > I've been racking my brains and can't think of one, > > except that SOME systems use SGID on a dir to mean "Do not inherrit > > group from this directory" > > On HP-UX SUID Directorys are used for their CDF's (Context dependet Files) > which is a strange but funny concept (i like it though) > resulting in a normal directory to be hidden if you chmod u+s it Please talk in Past Tense. No CDF since HP-UX 10. But they were mighty useful and allowed various architectures under the same OS to share the same directory structure. Now, Moto HPUX is dead => no CDF. /Marino > > CU, > Sec > -- > Fuer die Raupe ist es das Ende der Welt, > Fuer den Rest der Welt ist es ein Schmetterling > Error 0: No error
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