Nasty Security Hole?
Guy Harris
guy at auspex.UUCP
Tue Nov 22 04:42:54 AEST 1988
>Well, that depends which Unix you're running. Ultrix sticky(8) reads:
>
> A directory whose `sticky bit' is set becomes an append-only
> directory, or, more accurately, a directory in which the
> deletion of files is resrticted. ...
>Of course, that's just Ultrix....
Actually, it's 4.3BSD, and Ultrix, and SunOS 4.0 (and maybe some earlier
SunOS 3.x release), and possibly System V Release 3.2, and....
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