On Sunday 05 June 2005 11:51, Paul Howarth wrote: > 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. Thanks that makes it clear for me. Andy -- Registered Linux User Number 379093 -- --BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/O/>E$ d-(---)>+ s:(+)>: a--(-)>? C++++$(+++) UL++++>++++$ P-(+)>++ L+++>++++$ E---(-)@ W+++>+++$ !N@ o? !K? W--(---) !O !M- V-- PS++(+++) PE--(-) Y+ PGP++(+++) t+(++) 5-- X++ R*(+)@ !tv b-() DI(+) D+(+++) G(+) e>++++$@ h++(*) r-->++ y--()>++++ -- ---END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- Check out these few php utilities that I released under the GPL2 and that are meant for use with a php cli binary: http://www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/ -- --
