[ale] The "ls" command
Geoffrey
esoteric at 3times25.net
Mon Jan 17 17:29:39 EST 2005
Drag0n wrote:
> Sticky
> When the sticky bit is set on a directory, files in that directory may
> be unlinked or renamed only by root or their owner. Without the
> sticky
> bit, anyone able to write to the directory can delete or rename
> files.
> The sticky bit is commonly found on directories, such as /tmp,
> that are
> world-writable.
>
> Directly from
> man chmod
Might check that again, sticky bit is 't' as is likely seen on your /tmp
Sticky bit is a perm indicator whereas the first character of the perms
is file type. 's' would be a socket
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Until later, Geoffrey
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