Hi, "s" is the setuid and/or setgid permission: setuid in the user field, setgid in the group field.
On files, setuid/setgid allow the group/user ID of the process started when invoking an executable file to be set to the group/user ID owning the file, respectively. Setting the setgid bit on a directory influences the group ownership of files and directories created under it. On Linux, the default behaviour is for new directories to be created with the default group of the creating user (System V convention). Setting the setgid bit on the directory forces new directories created under it to have the same group as the parent directory; this is the BSD convention. In your case, all new files and directories created under /home will be owned by group "staff". I'm not sure what setting the setuid bit on a directory does; it seems to have much the same effect as setting the setgid bit, but there must be some subtle difference I'm not aware of. Best regards, George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St., tel: +35 79 68 08 86 Strovolos, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nicosia CY 2057, web: www.karaolides.com Republic of Cyprus On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Sunny Dubey wrote: > hey, > > what does it mean to have an S or an s when doing ls -l ?? > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED])(/)$ ls -l | grep home > drwxrwsr-x 8 root staff 1024 Oct 15 12:02 home > > thanks for any info > > =) > Sunny Dubey > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
