On: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 05:49:18 -0500 Ed Cogburn writes:
>> > drwxrwxrwt 6 root root 6144 Jun 6 14:07 /tmp/
>> >
>> > If this is not how it is do a 'chmod 1777 /tmp' as root.
>>
>> Thanks! I got it before, but whats the 't'?? (all execute bit)
>> typo, or what is it?
> 't' is a special mode permission. It indicates the use of the swap
> device for the item in question (I assume setting a dir to 't' says
> that all files created in that dir are to be cached on the swap
> device). See info on File Permissions.
For a directory the set t-flag means that only the owner of a file may
delete it.
Torsten
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