Re: sticky bit (was: RE: Permissions for /tmp)

1999-05-26 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
Hi, On Tue, 25 May, 1999 à 11:51:00PM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Pollywog wrote: > > > >On 25-May-99 scratch wrote: > >The sticky bit (chmod +t) on a directory just makes it so that anyone can > wr > >ite > >to that directory but not modify files they did not make. > > Not qu

Re: sticky bit (was: RE: Permissions for /tmp)

1999-05-25 Thread Oliver Elphick
Pollywog wrote: > >On 25-May-99 scratch wrote: >> On Tue, 25 May 1999, Pollywog wrote: >> >>> Do you have the sticky bit set? Try it. >> >> I've always wondered what the meaning of the sticky bit is. Does it have >> something to do with enforcing group ownership on files created,

RE: sticky bit (was: RE: Permissions for /tmp)

1999-05-25 Thread Pollywog
On 25-May-99 scratch wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 1999, Pollywog wrote: > >> Do you have the sticky bit set? Try it. > > I've always wondered what the meaning of the sticky bit is. Does it have > something to do with enforcing group ownership on files created, or am I > way off here? The sticky bit