Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!enea!pvab!robert
From: robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: problems with new users' mail file creation
Summary: Sticky bit on directories in System V Release 3.2
Message-ID: <248@pvab.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 88 08:32:21 GMT
References: <876@garth.UUCP> <1410006@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM> <10331@ncc.Nexus.CA>
Organization: Statskonsult Programvaruhuset AB, Sweden
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In article <10331@ncc.Nexus.CA>, lyndon@ncc.Nexus.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes:

> In some BSD implementations, setting the sticky bit on a directory says
> that (if you have the appropriate write permission) you can create a
> file in that directory, however you have to be the owner of the file
> in order to remove it.

AT&T has included this feature in their latest release of UNIX System V,
Release 3.2. It comes with the sticky bit set as default on /tmp and /usr/tmp.