[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

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey



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