Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:54:41 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: Michael Rothenberg <rothenberg@automationonline.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stickybit (Was: Permissions for users in general) Message-ID: <19991027175441.A68182@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19991027095656.007296f0@slider>; from Michael Rothenberg on Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 09:56:56AM -0400 References: <4.1.19991026211759.009434a0@mail.udel.edu> <Your <3.0.3.32.19991026093038.007274e8@slider> <26526.940948091@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <4.1.19991026211759.009434a0@mail.udel.edu> <19991027095853.E34924@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> <3.0.3.32.19991027095656.007296f0@slider>
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On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 09:56:56AM -0400, Michael Rothenberg wrote:
>
> Ok and here is sticky(8) exerpt:
>
> *A directory whose `sticky bit' is set becomes an append-only directory,
> *or, more accurately, a directory in which the deletion of files is re-
> *stricted. A file in a sticky directory may only be removed or renamed by
> *a user if the user has write permission for the directory and the user is
^^^
> *the owner of the file, the owner of the directory, or the super-user.
> *This feature is usefully applied to directories such as /tmp which must
> *be publicly writable but should deny users the license to arbitrarily
> *delete or rename each others' files.
> *Any user may create a sticky directory. See chmod(1) for details about
> *modifying file modes.
>
> This says that a file can be renamed by a user with write permission. Then
> a few sentances later in the example it says something opposite????? Which
> is it? If a dir is set sticky can a user with write permissions to that
> directory rename a file? Doesn't make sence if they can... I would try it,
> but I'm at work and we dont have FBSD here... }:(
>
Please re-read the above excerpt, and note the word ``and'' :-)
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