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Re: LYNX-DEV Re: ...vulnerability in Lynx...


From: Jonathan Sergent
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV Re: ...vulnerability in Lynx...
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 08:58:34 -0500

 ] For the benefit of us pseudo-sysadmins not worth their salt, would some one
 ] be willing to explain `setting the sticky bit' of a directory, how to know
 ] if it is set properly, and if it is not, how to set it?  Many TIA.

chmod +t /path/to/file

or, for the octal case:
chmod 01777 /tmp

Then:
drwxrwxrwt   7 root     root         2048 May  9 08:57 /tmp
         ^
The "other" execute bit is still set; ls just chooses to show
the sticky bit there, just as it shows the setuid and setgid
bits on top of the other execute fields...

Most chmod man pages (even the GNU one) don't explain the meaning of
sticky directories, only sticky files (something quite different
indeed).  Some BSD machines have sticky(8) manual pages.  You might
try man -k sticky as well.

HTH.


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