Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 05:17:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: dan@mist.nodomain Subject: Re: Sticky/sgid/suid bits safe on regular files? Message-ID: <200406221217.i5MCHYvj003485@mist.nodomain>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: >> > I think he wanted to use sticky/sgid/suid because they get removed > when the file is changed. >> and Dag-Erling S?rgrav responded: >> > no they don't. >> Actually, they do. (just the sgid/suid bits) I believe this was an ancient BSD security enhancement in case someone accidentally left a world writeable suid file around. Dan Strick
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