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Old 08-01-2001, 11:36 AM   #1
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Question sticky bit


I need a particular application to be run with root privieleges, but I shouldnt be root.
How can we set sticky bit?
 
Old 08-01-2001, 12:34 PM   #2
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I thought it was 4, like in "chmod 4055 file" would show it as ---Sr-xr-x file
 
  


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