On Tue, 11 Mar 1997 23:33:32 PST Thought ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

> What does chmodding a directory u+s do?  And why is /floppy chmod g+s?

A setuid directory means nothing currently.
A setgid directory means that any file created in this directory will 
take the group ownership of the directory (assuming you mounted the 
ext2 fs with the default options, see (8)mount for the gory details).

Why is /floppy g+s ?
Good question !

Phil.

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