On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 11:10, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Craig White wrote: > > > So I chmod o+s,g+s /var/named and /var/ldap > > > > the sticky bit on group works but not on owner. Is there something that > > I'm missing? > > "o" is not owner. The owner is "u" for user. "o" is for others. > > The "s" is not for sticky bit. The "s" is for set-user-ID and > set-group-ID. That explains it. You can set it for user and group but not > others. > > You want the "t" option, like: > > chmod +t /var/named /var/ldap > > The "t" (for sticky) is not used for user, group, or other. > > It is often easier just to use the octal modes. ---- I would suppose that explains why it didn't work like I wanted it too, I didn't have a clue - thanks Doh Craig