Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!decuac!felix!zemon
From: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Mail problem
Message-ID: <9560@felix.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Oct-87 10:36:36 EDT
Article-I.D.: felix.9560
Posted: Fri Oct 16 10:36:36 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Oct-87 22:30:55 EDT
Sender: zemon@felix.UUCP
Lines: 18
Approved: zemon@felix.UUCP

Reply-Path:


> The mail directory /usr/spool/mail must have mode 1777. 
> (i.e. r,w,x for everyone plus the sticky bit needs to be set. This is 
> discussed in the release notes. 

What in the world does a sticky bit on a DIRECTORY do?  While I'm at it,
what would the suid and sgid bits on a directory mean?


Mike Khaw
-- 
internet:  mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.arpa
usenet:	   {uunet|sun|ucbvax|decwrl|uw-beaver}!mkhaw%teknowledge-vaxc.arpa
USnail:	   Teknowledge Inc, 1850 Embarcadero Rd, POB 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303


[Setting the sticky bit on a directory in either 4.3 BSD or Ultrix
means that only the owner of a file may rename it or remove
it. -- Art Z.]