Hello, On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 18:59, Tyler Godfrey wrote: > --- Stacey Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 16:03, Richard Crawford wrote: > > > Stupid question, but what does the "s" do? > > > > > > > Sets the sticky bit. > > Actually, it sets the 'setgid' bit, in this case, not the 'Sticky' bit. > The sticky bit will prevent a file from being moved (renamed) or > deleted, unless you own the file, you own the directory, the file is > writable by you, or you are root. A sticky bit will be represented in a > filename like this: > -rw-rw-r-t > ^ >
Oops.., Sorry, my bad. Regards, Stacey > The setgid bit sets the group id at execution. In the case of > directories, is causes subdirectories or files in them to inherit > group ownership. > > -Tyler > > > ===== > -- > Tyler Godfrey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
