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Brian Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Greetings, : Following my problem with su earlier last week, I figured I'd better get a : refresher on permissions before I really get myself in trouble. : I guess I never knew what the "s" was for in: : -rwsr-xr-x : I checked out `info chmod' and various other places, including a few books : I have and came up empty on what the plain-english meaning of `4000 Set : user ID on execution' means. I checked the archives and only came up with : answers to the same question that consisted solely of "s - Set user ID or : group ID on execution," but NOT what difference this makes. : Can anyone explain this to me in plain english? Like, what the difference : is between chmod 4750 and chmod 750 -- and how it effects the files' : execution? : All I have known is that for binaries I want to restrict access to, I have : always chgrp special_group special_files and chmod 4750 special_files. : My fingers are obviously dangerous things.. : Thanks, : Brian : -- : Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- *********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************* pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? *************/ --
