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From: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: File Write Permission Rules
Keywords: file write permission rules
Message-ID: <1010@auspex.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 89 23:33:58 GMT
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Reply-To: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>This is a future direction of UNIX question.

Not future any more; see below.

>	1. Anyone know of the future fate of this useful tweak?

It's implemented in 4.3BSD and System V Release 3.2, as well as systems
derived from either or both of those systems; the only difference is
that it uses the "sticky" bit rather than the "set-UID" bit.