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From: dwc@homxc.ATT.COM (Malaclypse the Elder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: sticky bit
Message-ID: <5033@homxc.ATT.COM>
Date: 16 Jan 89 23:34:46 GMT
References: <18016@adm.BRL.MIL> <14750@cisunx.UUCP> <1359@mtunb.ATT.COM> <259@microsoft.UUCP>
Organization: Legion of Dynamic Discord
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In article <259@microsoft.UUCP>, w-colinp@microsoft.UUCP (Colin Plumb) writes:
> 
> But setting the sticky bit on Unix is restricted to super-users for a reason,
> and there's no way to prevent a user from setting a bit *inside* his file.
> 
think of it as a hint rather than an absolute requirement
(with suitable punishment for providing bad hints).

danny chen
att!homxc!dwc