16 Oct
2002
16 Oct
'02
10:33
Ups, the correct name for the (s)-bit ist SUID-bit not sticky bit (which is (t) ). -- Eat, sleep and go running, David Huecking. Encrypted eMail welcome! GnuPG/ PGP-Fingerprint: 3DF2 CBE0 DFAA 4164 02C2 4E2A E005 8DF7 5780 9216 On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, David Huecking wrote:
The only special I know about ping is that without the sticky bit a normal (non-root) user can't open a socket to use it. -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 29680 Sep 20 2001 /bin/ping Use "chmod a-s /bin/ping" and "chmod a+s /bin/ping" as root to change the sticky bit.