Hi Everyone,
Just prior to christmas I asked a question relating to the interaction
of SAMBA with UNIX permissions. The answer I got back was to set the
sticky bit on the folder in question. I did this and sure enough SAMBA
then followed the behaviour I expected.
Can any one explain to me why?
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 10:44:35PM +1100, David Beards wrote:
Without the sticky bit set on a folder that has rwx set for ogw a file
can be deleted from within this folder (using Windows Explorer)
regardless of whether you are the owner or part of the group that this
file belongs to. (as long
If you're curious, the sticky bit used to have another meaning (which is
where the name came from). I'm not clear on the details, but it had
something to do with keeping an executable's code segment in memory even
if there wasn't an instance running. I'm not sure if any current variety
of
Thanks Michael,
After receiving this it prompted me to try something different, this
time on the UNIX level. For some reason I was under the belief that
regardless of the directory permissions the file permissions stood. i.e.
if I had a file with permission 644 and I was not the owner then I
