Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Subject: Re: ext3 to include capabilities? | Date | Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:36:10 +0200 (MEST) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Rogier Wolff writes: > > Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > >> Oh my, do we have a bug? The sticky bit is normally for root only. > >> Here is Digital UNIX: > > > > That is because the sticky bit is "old fashioned". It used to be used > ... > > On directories, a second meaning was assigned for this bit. This is > > not privileged. > > I know what it was and is used for. I think we have a bug. > As you can see below, Digital UNIX _does_ let a normal user > set the sticky bit on a directory:
So? Linux doesn't interpret the bit in a way that should make it privileged, so why make the setting of that bit privileged?
So, Linux and Digital allow different things. On linux, as a normal user, you get to store one (1) extra bit of information on every file. Wow!
Roger.
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