Re: What is this S?

["Paul Smith" <psmith@nortel.com>]

%% David Raleigh Arnold <dra@openguitar.com> writes:

  dra> What is the "S" in the directory permissions

See the ls info page, which says:

    `S'
          If the setuid or setgid bit is set but the corresponding
          executable bit is not set.

See the chmod(1) and chmod(2) man pages for more information on what
these bits do.

  dra> and how do I get rid of them?  

With chmod, of course... just chmod the directories to have the
permissions you want.


Cheers!

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