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Article #2739Re: problems with new users' mail file creation
From: Robert Claeson
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1988 08:32
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1988 08:32
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In article <10331@ncc.Nexus.CA>, lyndon@ncc.Nexus.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes: > In some BSD implementations, setting the sticky bit on a directory says > that (if you have the appropriate write permission) you can create a > file in that directory, however you have to be the owner of the file > in order to remove it. AT&T has included this feature in their latest release of UNIX System V, Release 3.2. It comes with the sticky bit set as default on /tmp and /usr/tmp.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!enea!pvab!robert From: robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: problems with new users' mail file creation Summary: Sticky bit on directories in System V Release 3.2 Message-ID: <248@pvab.UUCP> Date: 18 Jul 88 08:32:21 GMT References: <876@garth.UUCP> <1410006@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM> <10331@ncc.Nexus.CA> Organization: Statskonsult Programvaruhuset AB, Sweden Lines: 9