sticky bit on directories?

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From: Keith Packard
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1985 03:58

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I found an interesting feature in the kernel recently.

If you set the sticky bit on a directory then only the owner of a
given file can unlink it from that directory, even if the directory
is writable by everyone.

Is this widely known about?  I certainly never heard about it...

keith packard
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From: keith@motel6.UUCP (Keith Packard)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.2bsd
Subject: sticky bit on directories?
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Date: Sun, 16-Jun-85 23:58:54 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 16 23:58:54 1985
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