On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> While checking some files with ls -l, I have found some permission > settings such as: > drwx--S--- > drwxr-sr-x > > I have not seen anywhere documentation on settings other than r,w,x. Can > you tell where I can find their meaning? Would be great if in the little > docs we could see everything possible at once. For a non-UNIX former > user this is hard. > Thanks, > Antonio. this is the suid bit. For a good description see: http://www.nic.com/~dave/SecurityAdminGuide/SecurityAdminGuide-8.html regards, Rolf