Alan Iwi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The man page for chmod(1) in GNU coreutils 5.3.0 states:
>
> "When the sticky bit is set on a directory, files in that directory
> may be unlinked or renamed only by root or their owner."
>
> You should add to this: "or by the owner of the directory".
Thanks for the report. That's been fixed for a couple of years.
Here's the latest from coreutils-6.9.90:
RESTRICTED DELETION FLAG OR STICKY BIT
The restricted deletion flag or sticky bit is a single bit, whose
interpretation depends on the file type. For directories, it prevents
unprivileged users from removing or renaming a file in the directory
unless they own the file or the directory; this is called the
restricted deletion flag for the directory, and is commonly found on
world-writable directories like /tmp. For regular files on some older
systems, the bit saves the program's text image on the swap device so
it will load more quickly when run; this is called the sticky bit.
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