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Old 06-30-2005, 05:19 AM   #1
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just a quick one, can anyone tell me what the sticky attribute does on folder permissions? what does it mean?

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Old 06-30-2005, 06:41 AM   #2
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I'm not sure, but I think it has to do with permissions: in a folder with the sticky bit set, you can only delete things that you own, not things owned by other users, even if you have write permission on the directory. I don't know at all how this applies to modifications.

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