Date: 17 May 1997 19:19:18 +0200 From: sec@42.org (Stefan `Sec` Zehl) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC.. Proposal.. file flag No-delete Message-ID: <slrn5nrq4m.684.sec@matrix.42.org> References: <199705151646.JAA14975@phaeton.artisoft.com> <337B4E06.1B37ADEA@whistle.com>
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In article <337B4E06.1B37ADEA@whistle.com>, Julian Elischer wrote: > > I think giving SGID the same mening relative to group for directories > > as the sticky bit is a much less intrusive change than the "delete" > > change. > > > Isn't there a normal use for SUID and SGID fro directories? > I've been racking my brains and can't think of one, > except that SOME systems use SGID on a dir to mean "Do not inherrit > group from this directory" On HP-UX SUID Directorys are used for their CDF's (Context dependet Files) which is a strange but funny concept (i like it though) resulting in a normal directory to be hidden if you chmod u+s it CU, Sec -- Fuer die Raupe ist es das Ende der Welt, Fuer den Rest der Welt ist es ein Schmetterling Error 0: No error
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