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  From: Robert Wuttke <robert.wuttke@disc.com.au>
  To  : Alan Kennington" <akenning@dog.topology.org>, <akenning@dog.topology.org>
  Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 15:54:06 +0930

Re: Permissions

Could it just be terminology, that is U = User, O=Owner, though I do agree
it's very odd.

Rob.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Kennington <akenning@dog.topology.org>
To: mi-mi@sbs.itc.usm.my <mi-mi@sbs.itc.usm.my>
Cc: Alan Kennington <akenning@dog.topology.org>; LinuxSA
<linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Date: Tuesday, 30 March 1999 14:49
Subject: Re: Permissions


>Hmmm.
>That's very odd.
>If you type "chmod u+t <filename>" on a sunos/solaris system, the
>stick bit it set.
>
>But on a linux system, you have to type "chmod o+t <filename>".
>
>That matches up better with the "ls" listing.
>But why is it different....?
>
>Cheers,
>Alan Kennington.
>
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