Hi, On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 10:59 -0500, zentara wrote:

Isn't sticky-bit the suid bit? Set root prividledges upon execution?

Nope. If one sets the sticky bit on a directory, only the owner of a file inside that dir can delete the file. E. g. drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 3072 Jan 22 20:52 tmp/ With these permissions every user could create and delete files in /tmp (even if he's not the owner). drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 3072 Jan 22 20:52 tmp/ Now everybody can still create files, but only remove his own stuff. Setting the sticky bit on files has no effect (at least in Linux). Ciao, Stefan - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>