>Admittedly, I have not tried turning off the Sticky Bit in order to execute >file sh in the /bin directory, so perhaps it would still function properly.
Sure it will, at least as long as the file /bin/sh is the real shell binary, aka load module. It's a performance penalty, only, since the shell program is loaded each time it is called. >Is there a compelling reason to turn off the Sticky Bit?c Don't know if it is compelling, but the sticky bit inhibits a local spawn of the shell. So when it is cleared, it should be possible to run the shell via BPXBATSL, which starts the child process via local spawn. -- Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
