it's a link. do 'ls -al filename' and it should point to the original.
On Saturday 17 November 2001 20:49, Nicole Zimmerman wrote: > From `man chmod` (text may be different, I'm on my OS X laptop atm): > > --- > The perm symbols represent the portions of the mode bits as follows: > [...] > s The set-user-ID-on-execution and set-group-ID-on-execution bits. > --- > > What you have found is a set UID executable file (possibly a script or > something?). > > To get rid of the setuid bit, chmod it to something else. Maybe `chmod u-s > <file>` would be a place to start. > > Manpages are your friend. > > -nicole > > At 15:42 on Nov 17, Rafe B. combined all the right letters to say: > > A certain text file has become un-editable > > and "invisible" to 'cat.' > > > > Doing 'ls -al' on this file reveals that it > > has attribute 's' in the permissions string, > > eg: > > > > srwxr-xr-x > > > > The 's' is in the position that you'd normally > > find a 'd' or a hyphen. > > > > None of my manuals talk about this particular > > attribute. What does it mean, and more > > importantly, how do I get rid of it?? > > > > Thanks in advance.... > > > > > > > > rafe b.
