[comp.unix.wizards] What does SUID, SGID and Sticky bits do on inappropriate files?

jmason@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Jamie Mason) (12/25/90)

	What is the effect of the sticky bit on files which are not
directories: i.e.
	
	- Plain Files
	- Executable Files

and also special files:

	- Block Devices
	- Character Devices
	- Symbolic Links
	- Named Pipes
	- Sockets

	Also what are the effects of the Set-User-ID and Set-Group-ID
bits on files which cannot be properly said to be *EXECUTED*?  (Though the X
permissions are set)   For instance Directories, but also the other types
of special files named above?

Jamie  ...  "Who was that Masked Interrupt?"
Written On  Monday, December 24, 1990  at  10:21:38pm EST