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



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 (chmod +t) on a directory just makes it so that anyone can write
to that directory but not modify files they did not make.

--
Andrew


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