Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 02 Oct 2003 12:32:00 +0200 | From | Christian <> | Subject | Re: File Permissions are incorrect. Security flaw in Linux |
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Lisa R. Nelson wrote:
> [root@localhost root]# cd / > [root@localhost /]# mkdir junk > [root@localhost /]# chmod 777 junk
therefore is the sticky bit: users can still create files in the directory, but only remove files they are owning:
chmod 1777 /junk
(as your /tmp should be).
do you mean the behaviour has changed for some kernel version? did you notice another behaviour with kernel version x.y.?
Thanks, Christian.
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