Hello ,

Can anyone pls tell me how Sticky bit, SUID and SGID works ? It'd be appreciated if anyone can explain those in detail with example....

thanks in advance..

I copied this extract from man chmod

STICKY FILES
On older Unix systems, the sticky bit caused executable files to be
hoarded in swap space. This feature is not useful on modern VM sys-
tems, and the Linux kernel ignores the sticky bit on files. Other
kernels may use the sticky bit on files for system-defined purposes.
On some systems, only the superuser can set the sticky bit on files.

STICKY DIRECTORIES
When the sticky bit is set on a directory, files in that directory may
be unlinked or renamed only by root or their owner. Without the
sticky bit, anyone able to write to the directory can delete or rename
files. The sticky bit is commonly found on directories, such as /tmp,
that are world-writable.

and for the other ones,

setuid/setgid on an executable file:
when you run the file, it runs with the privileges of the user/group that owns the file, instead of yours

setuid/setgid on a directory:
when you create a new file or subdirectory in the directory, they will be owned by the user/group that owns the directory, instead of yours