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  From: Andrew Pullin <andrew@hotspurbgc.com.au>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:59:25 +0930

File Permissions

Hi All,
    I was scanning the Java Development Kit for Linux
yesterday, and came across a file permission I haven't seen
before, and wondered what it meant. The actual permission
looked something like : -r-xs-x--x. What is 's' ? It was
also strangely only set on the "group" permission. I know
that there are some permissions that exist that are not used
very often, or are only used on big networks (ie. on some
UNIX networks the bash shell is set "sticky" or always
loaded in memory because every user on the network needs it
so it is never swapped out). Can someone shed some light on
what these "other" permissions are, how you set them, and
what they do?

    Cheers!
        Andrew.

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