This article is the second half to the first. I had meant to include it, but
forgot.
Garl
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/09/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html
"Garl R. Grigsby" wrote:
> I would check out the following article. It was written around BSD, but
> permissions are permissions.
>
> garl
>
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/09/06/FreeBSD_Basics.html
>
> Rob Hudson wrote:
>
> > I did an 'ls -l' of my home dir recently, and saw a lot of 's' in
> > the whatever_you_call_that_thing_on_the_left_with_10_characters.
> >
> > Could someone add to my knowledge of these guys? Here's what I
> > know (some of which may be wrong) ...
> >
> > The first character is used to tell what kind of device it is:
> > d=directory
> > b=block device
> > c=character device
> > l=symlink
> >
> > The next 9 are broken up into 3's. The 1st for root, the 2nd for
> > group, and the 3rd for user. The 1st of each is for read
> > permissions, the 2nd of each is for write permissions, and the 3rd
> > of each is for executable permissions.
> >
> > What I'm not too clear on is the sticky bits, setuid, setgid stuff.
> >
> > I found this in some documentation about the executable bit...
> >
> > `s'
> > If the setuid or setgid bit and the corresponding executable
> > bit are both set.
> >
> > `S'
> > If the setuid or setgid bit is set but the corresponding
> > executable bit is not set.
> >
> > `t'
> > If the sticky bit and the other-executable bit are both set.
> >
> > `T'
> > If the sticky bit is set but the other-executable bit is not
> > set.
> >
> > `x'
> > If the executable bit is set and none of the above apply.
> >
> > `-'
> > Otherwise.
> >
> > But it doesn't explain too much if I don't understand what setuid,
> > setgid, and sticky really mean. Can someone explain this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rob.
>
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