On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 10:45 +0200, Andy Pieters wrote: > Hi > > I see here that I have a device /dev/shm with a size of about 500mb > > I don't remember creating it and when I file it it says > /dev/shm: sticky directory > > Anybody know what that means? The "sticky" refers to the "sticky" or "t" bit shown in the directory permissions: # ls -ld /dev/shm drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 May 7 14:47 /dev/shm Permissions set up like this enable anyone to create new files and directories in this directory, but only the owner of a file or directory can remove them. You'll find that /tmp is set up the same way. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
