Re: Some questions about file permissions

2002-10-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 03:54:43PM +0200, Robert Wilhelm Land wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > >The info documentation for ls says this: > > > >&pi0;s' > > If the setuid or setgid bit and the corresponding executable > > bit are both set. > > > >&pi0;S' > > If the

Re: Some questions about file permissions

2002-10-01 Thread Robert Wilhelm Land
Colin Watson wrote: > > The info documentation for ls says this: > > &pi0;s' > If the setuid or setgid bit and the corresponding executable > bit are both set. > > &pi0;S' > If the setuid or setgid bit is set but the corresponding > executable bit

Re: Some questions about file permissions

2002-10-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 12:25:30PM +0200, Robert Wilhelm Land wrote: > I would grately appreciate some help in understanding > file permissions. > The first one is the lower and uppercase 's' in: > > drwxr-sr-x ?? 2 rland ?? rland ?? ? ? 4096 Jun? 4 11:43 files > drwx--S--- ?? 2 rland ?? rland ??

Some questions about file permissions

2002-10-01 Thread Robert Wilhelm Land
I would grately appreciate some help in understanding file permissions. The first one is the lower and uppercase 's' in: drwxr-sr-x    2 rland    rland        4096 Jun  4 11:43 files drwx--S---    2 rland    rland        4096 Sep 27  2001 nsmail Then, some file permission strings have a  'b' (=