Just expanding :-) At 10:01 PM 02/07/1999 -0500, you wrote: >See the VERY helpful chart below on chmod > > U G W > rwx rwx rwx chmod 777 filename > rwx rwx r-x chmod 775 filename > rwx r-x r-x chmod 755 filename > rw- rw- r-- chmod 664 filename > rw- r-- r-- chmod 644 filename rwS r-- r-- chmod 4644 filename rws r-- r-- chmod 4744 filename rw- r-S r-- chmod 2644 filename rw- r-s r-- chmod 2654 filename > > U = User > G = Group > W = World > > r = Readable > w = writable > x = executable > - = no permission S = Stick with/out execute (still wondering the use :-)) s = Stick with execute Ok, what the Stick bit does is the following. On a program with the owner stick bit set, when a program is executed (no matter what UID you have), it will run with the uid of the owner. Same for group. On a directory, files will be created with the UID (or GID, if Group Stick bit) of the directory owner. Quite simple, and quite useful. []s -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rpedroso@inatel.br> "Born to be wild !" +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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