From: "Peter Jeremy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Shouldn't that be 'chmod +t /bin/sh' ??? > > Definitely. Why waste a new bit when there's already a perfectly good > one that is (or was) defined for the purpose.
the 't' bit was known as the 'sticky' bit to keep frequently used, sharable (judged by a human) text segments in core. since then that bit has been overloaded to death. shared libraries have always been a mistake. one clear reason is that it caused a dichotomy of binaries; static vs dynamically linked. think about a dynamically linked init(8) ... _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"