Re: [SLE] what does "make a directory STICKY" mean

11 May 2004


      On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 03:37:45PM +1000, mabergh@boystown.com.au wrote:
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Dear Friends,  What does the word "sticky" in the following text mean: 
"make this directory writable (and sticky) for your normal user"
man -s 2 chmod

     If a directory is writable and has S_ISVTX (the sticky bit)
     set, files within that directory can be removed or renamed
     only if one or more of the following is true (see unlink(2)
     and rename(2)):
        o the user owns the file
        o the user owns the directory
        o the file is writable by the user
        o the user is a privileged user

Regards,

Pieter Hulshoff