From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:48:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:48:18 -0400 Received: from h24-65-193-28.cg.shawcable.net ([24.65.193.28]:1010 "EHLO webber.adilger.int") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:48:04 -0400 From: Andreas Dilger Message-Id: <200106252147.f5PLlPJt025763@webber.adilger.int> Subject: Re: EXT2 Filesystem permissions (bug)? In-Reply-To: "from Shawn Starr at Jun 25, 2001 05:33:32 pm" To: Shawn Starr Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:47:25 -0600 (MDT) CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL87 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Shawn Star writes: > Is this a bug or something thats undocumented somewhere? > > d--------T > and > drwSrwSrwT > > are these special bits? I'm not aware of +S and +T ---S------ = setuid (normally shows up as "s" if "x" is also set) ------S--- = setgid (normally shows up as "s" if "x" is also set) ---------T = sticky bit (prevents non-owner from deleting a file in world-writable directory like /tmp) See chmod(1) for this info. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert