Messages in this thread | | | From | erkki.s@sci ... | Date | Sat, 26 Jul 1997 00:34:16 +0300 (EET DST) | Subject | Re: chmod 4755 ./somedir |
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On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> |> if i do a chmod 2755 on a directory it becomes SGID and new files will belong > |> to the group of that directory. but if i do chmod 4755 the directory becomes > |> SUID: drwsr-xr-x but new files dont belong to the owner of the SUID dir. > |> does the kernel ignore SUID on directories or has it some rather invisible > |> effects? > SUID has no meaning at all on directories.
Wrong. If a directory has SUID, all the files created in the directory will be owned by the owner of the directory. Or.. Should be owned. It works in 2.0.29 here, atleast ;).
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