Would someone please clearify what the purpose of the "sticky" bit is and
how it is used? I understand the concept of the set{u,g}id bits, but this
one is strange. I don't see how saving a program on the swap device would
be beneficial unless the swap device was faster than the media on which the
program was stored originally. For Linux, my swap is just another HDD
partition.
And then other questions arise: How long does it stay in swap? How do I
remove it from swap? What kinda of apps in what kinds of circumstances
would benefit from the sticky bit?
Thanks,
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: Iain Wade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 10:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LOGIN program
> Which rpm package provides the login program??
>
> How do you set the following mode. Everything I try I don't get it.
>
> -rws--x--x
using rpm -qf /bin/login it says it belongs to util-linux-2.9w-24
chmod 4711 would give those permissions ... or chmod u=rwxs,go=x
Regards,
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