[net.bugs.2bsd] sticky bit on directories?

keith@motel6.UUCP (Keith Packard) (06/17/85)

I found an interesting feature in the kernel recently.

If you set the sticky bit on a directory then only the owner of a
given file can unlink it from that directory, even if the directory
is writable by everyone.

Is this widely known about?  I certainly never heard about it...

keith packard
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