setting the sgid bit (that +s you see) makes sure all files in that directory are created with ownership of that group. debian uses that in a lot of places.
nate On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: arodri >While checking some files with ls -l, I have found some permission arodri >settings such as: arodri >drwx--S--- arodri >drwxr-sr-x arodri > arodri >I have not seen anywhere documentation on settings other than r,w,x. Can arodri >you tell where I can find their meaning? Would be great if in the little arodri >docs we could see everything possible at once. For a non-UNIX former arodri >user this is hard. arodri >Thanks, arodri >Antonio. arodri > arodri > arodri >-- arodri >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null arodri > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 4:28pm up 99 days, 4:06, 1 user, load average: 2.01, 1.85, 1.70
