Re: 'S' permissions -- in home dir?

["Thomas J. Hamman" <hawk3@eagnet.com>]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 03:11:53AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote:
> I know what s is, when designated in the permissions of a file, but what
> does a capitol 'S' stand for? ie:
> 
> drw-r-Sr--

I have a related question:  How come almost every file in my home
directory has s or S permissions set?  Even if I change them to x, I
find later on that they have mysteriously changed back to s/S again.

-- 
Tom
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