From: Gert Doering (gert@greenie.gold.sub.org)
Date: 02/10/93

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From: gert@greenie.gold.sub.org (Gert Doering)
Subject: Re: Security problem: SLS/99.4/extfs
Date: 10 Feb 1993 13:35:17 GMT

duperval@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Duperval Laurent) writes:

>Whenever a directory has 777 permision on it, anyone can remove any file in
>that directory. I know this is not proper behavior. Does anyone know the
>cure for it?

It *IS* the proper behaviour. That's what the "t" (sticky) bit is for - if
you set permissions to 1777, only the owner of a file can remove it.

gert

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