Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:58:53 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Stickybit (Was: Permissions for users in general) Message-ID: <19991027095853.E34924@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19991026211759.009434a0@mail.udel.edu>; from John on Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 09:35:07PM -0400 References: <Your <3.0.3.32.19991026093038.007274e8@slider> <26526.940948091@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <4.1.19991026211759.009434a0@mail.udel.edu>
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On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 09:35:07PM -0400, John wrote: > A slighty very much unix newbie question, but... > > I've never fully understood what the sticky bit is supposed to do? > > I pulled out the Red-covered SysAdmin book (by Evi Nemeth, etc), and they > seem to at first say that the sticky bit is an ancient relic and is ignored > by 'modern kernels'. They then go on to say that if it's set on a > directory that it prevents you from deleting or renaming files unless > you're the owner of the directory, file, or the su. > > Trying to understand that... does that mean that pretty much the > permissions of the 'group' and 'other' have no bearing or point if the > sticky bit is set? (ie: if set to -rwxrwxrwx with the sticky bit on, does > that mean still only the owner can erase? not even a group member?) > > Just another nuance to try to understand :) > > Thanks in advance, > John > See sticky(8). -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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