sticky bit

Malaclypse the Elder dwc at homxc.ATT.COM
Tue Jan 17 09:34:46 AEST 1989


In article <259 at microsoft.UUCP>, w-colinp at microsoft.UUCP (Colin Plumb) writes:
> 
> But setting the sticky bit on Unix is restricted to super-users for a reason,
> and there's no way to prevent a user from setting a bit *inside* his file.
> 
think of it as a hint rather than an absolute requirement
(with suitable punishment for providing bad hints).

danny chen
att!homxc!dwc



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