Summary: chmod & "S"

From: Warren, John H. <JHWARREN_at_ESCOCORP.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:25:43 -0700

Thanks for ALL the replies - whew!

Question:I'm looking at the perm's on /usr/lbin/lpd, and they are -rwS--x--x
root
         bin /usr/lbin/lpd
         What does the capital "S" do, and how do you set it numerically
(4711 gives
         a small S).

Answer: (borrowed from Steve VanDevender [stevev_at_hexadecimal.uoregon.edu])
        This means that the setuid bit (04000) is set but not the user
execute bit (00100). Similarly for the setgid bit (02000) being
set but not the group execute bit (00010).
Received on Thu Jun 17 1999 - 20:27:57 NZST