setting the t bit in tmp permissions

From: John Galt <jgalt163_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 09:55:43 -0400

Hello managers,

A fellow administrator inadvertently changed permissions on the /tmp
directory on a t64 v4.0f system ( a directory under root, not a separate
file system) to rwxrwxrwx

Permissions on another system are rwxrwxrwt

The t bit is needed for security to restrict deletion. However, when I try
to set it with "chmod o+t /tmp" it has no effect, the permissions still
show as rwxrwxrwx.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

John
Received on Thu Jul 03 2003 - 13:56:26 NZST

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