Re: File attribute 's' ??
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.
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