> what is the "s" letter stand for? r stands for read access,w write, and x > access files and subdirectories, I can even c a "d" i.e. > drwxr-xr-x. what does those stand for and what are their numerical access > mode values? to further add to my question, how do I give a user access so > that he/she will be able to use the pppd/pon command? > that's the set-user-id bit. i don't want to explain it again ... read the posts regarding "Set User ID on execution".
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