Solaris permission problem(newbie)

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

The definition of the 1xxx bit is sometimes called the sticky (or text save) 
bit because of its behavior when associated with executable programs. 
When associated with directories, it restricts files from being deleted by 
other than the owner of those files. I am unaware of the exploit that Mike 
references, and I would also like to get more info. 
On 28 Apr 2000, at 9:10, Jerry Callen wrote:

> Mike Bilow wrote:
> > 
> > I don't know what book you're reading, but /tmp and /var/tmp damn well
> > ought to be mode 1777 or everyone on the system can become root.
>
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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