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Old 05-09-2017, 02:59 PM   #1
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file permission bit S and s


What is the purpose and practical use case of the big S and little s file permission bits?

drw-rwS---
drwxrws---
 
Old 05-09-2017, 03:35 PM   #2
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This is a reasonable explanation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid

For more info, Google "setuid" and "setgid".
 
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Old 05-10-2017, 08:16 AM   #3
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The Capital S indicates the 'underlying' x is NOT set, with suid/sgid (and sticky T/t)

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