Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!think!ames!lll-lcc!pyramid!pesnta!phri!roy From: roy@phri.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Open(2) won't allow sticky bit: why not? Message-ID: <2636@phri.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 10:27:24 EST Article-I.D.: phri.2636 Posted: Mon Apr 6 10:27:24 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Apr-87 01:00:21 EST Reply-To: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 9 In the MtXinu 4.3/NFS sticky(8) man page, it says: "Neither open (2) nor mkdir (2) will create a file with the sticky bit set." Why not? -- Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 "you can't spell deoxyribonucleic without unix!"