Re: SUMMARY: Sticky bit

From: Dave Cherkus <cherkus_at_UniMaster.COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 08:22:22 -0500 (EST)

|> haymanR_at_icefog.uacn.alaska.edu:
|> The sticky bit under OSF/1 is ignored except when it is on directories, then
|> only the owner (and root) may delete the owner's files under that directory.
|>
|> To lock something in memory, one would either let the UBC hold it in memory due
|> to the many accesses it has, one could use the MFS (memory file system) for the
|> files, or one could wire the pages into memory via the mlock, munlock, mlockall,
|> and munlockall calls - see the DEC OSF/1 Guide to Realtime Programming.
|>
|> Randy M. Hayman
|> haymanr_at_icefog.alaska.edu

It was my understanding that the MFS is constructed using pageable
kernel memory...

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