On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Charles Galpin wrote:
> You are misreading the man page. The t switch uses swap, the s switch sets
> the user or group ID on execution.
>
> I'm probably going to do a lousy job of explaining it, but I'll give it a
> stab anyway.
>
> This is the heart of the user provate g
er 01, 1999 9:06 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: Sticky bit (wasL RE: LOGIN program)
You are misreading the man page. The t switch uses swap, the s switch sets
the user or group ID on execution.
I'm probably going to do a lousy job of explaining it, but I'll give it a
You are misreading the man page. The t switch uses swap, the s switch sets
the user or group ID on execution.
I'm probably going to do a lousy job of explaining it, but I'll give it a
stab anyway.
This is the heart of the user provate group scheme being useful. We are
all in our own group, whic
Would someone please clearify what the purpose of the "sticky" bit is and
how it is used? I understand the concept of the set{u,g}id bits, but this
one is strange. I don't see how saving a program on the swap device would
be beneficial unless the swap device was faster than the media on which th
