On 4/26/05, DJ Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan McGhee wrote:
Thanks, Andrew. But I asked for good documentation G.
Hit google for Unix File Permissions. This will give you about 100
really good hits...maybe add sticky to the search terms to find the ones
that have really in-depth
On 4/26/05, Declan Moriarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The sticky bit is the fourth permission digit. So you have 4711
instead of 711 for programs that retain the owner's(usually root)
permissions.
Actually if the sticky bit is set you would have 1711, and if the suid
bit is set you get
On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 06:21 -0500, Dan McGhee wrote:
In getting to this point in Linux, I've read many times something to the
effect, This needs to be setuid root. And that this means that the
sticky bit is set. Beyond that I can't find anything. What does
setuid really mean? What
Andrew Benton wrote:
Dan McGhee wrote:
In getting to this point in Linux, I've read many times something to
the effect, This needs to be setuid root. And that this means that
the sticky bit is set. Beyond that I can't find anything. What
does setuid really mean? What exactly does it do?
