Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:13:23 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unix permissions questions Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009141405030.26109@oceanpt.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <20100914200116.23a34732.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009141324020.26109@oceanpt.safeport.com> <20100914200116.23a34732.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2010, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:32:40 -0400 (EDT), doug@safeport.com wrote: >> I found several directories whose permissions where set to >> >> dr-s--S--T 2 user group 512 Feb 22 2010 .procmail/ >> >> All were .procmail which is what we set for procmail logging and supporting >> recipes. In reading 'man ls' it seems (to me) this might result from losing the >> execute bit on the directory. Is this correct? Been BSDing since 1995 and have >> not seen this set of permissions. Thanks for any insights. > > After a short read of "man ls": > > "s" in the owner permissions = file is executable and set-user-ID mode is set > > "S" in the group permissions = file is not executable and set-group-ID mode is set > > "T" in the other permission = sticky bit is set, but not execute > or search permission. > > Result: User can execute SUID, group cannot execute, others cannot search > or execute; sticky bit is set. > Thanks, I got that from the man page. My question, not stated very well, was can a non-root user set those permissions. If so, I obviously do not know how. _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277
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