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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: what does "t" is /tmp permissions mean
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On Thu, 26 Mar 2015, Ernie Luzar wrote:

> doing "ls -l /" shows that the /tmp directory has these permissions
> drwxrwxrwt
>
> What does the "t" under other user mean?
> Where can I find documentation on permissions?

The ls(1) man page has an overview and pointers to other pages.