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On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 07:39:45 -0800 (PST)
begin Brad De Vries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:
[snip]
> The "s" means that:
> a) the file is marked as executable for the owner
> b) anyone who does execute the file "becomes" the
> owner when executing it. This "becoming the owner"
> only occurs for the execution of the file. a.k.a.
> set-uid.
>
> Similarly, you can mark a file set-gid
> (-r-xr-sr-x)which means the same as above except you
> replace "owner" with "group".
>
> See also "info chmod".
additionally, if you see S instead of s, it means the suid/sgid bit was
set, but the file is not executable (almost certainly an oversight).
i.e., chmod 4755 == -rwsr-xr-x, but chmod 4644 == -rwSr--r--
or chmod 6755 == -rwsr-sr-x, but chmod 6644 == -rwSr-Sr--
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
- --
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-- Nemesis Racing Team motto
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