sticky bits & daemons

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.
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I would suppose that explains why it didn't work like I wanted it too, I
didn't have a clue - thanks

Doh

Craig