Posted by Jasen Betts on 02/16/06 12:46

On 2006-02-15, bish <info@bish.org> wrote:

> Thank you.
>
> Do you mean that if I don't put the full absolute path that anyone
> can write to the directory?
>
> When the present task is over I'll experiment with the full path
> as you suggest but, for now, I don't understand the 01777? Was
> it just a typo?
> Yoooors,

01777 is global RWX with the sticky bit so user A can't delete user B's files.
same as /tmp normally has.

Bye.
Jasen

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