Re: deferring mails

[prj@xxxxxxxxxxx (Paul Jarc)]

Charles Cazabon <qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Virtually all programs don't care about the sticky bit.  The OS
> changes its behaviour slightly regarding the group ID on SYSV-type
> Unices when creating files in a directory with the sticky bit set,
> that's all.

That's the setgid bit, actually.  The sticky bit means that deleting
or renaming a file requires both write access to the directory and
ownership of the file.  (Without the sticky bit, ownership is
unnecessary.)  Most programs don't care about either of these bits, as
you said.


paul