aad@uunet.uu.net (Anthony A. Datri) (12/21/88)
What's with all these s's and S's? beaker% ls -ldg . drwxrwsr-x 10 aad developm 512 Dec 10 17:19 ./ beaker% pwd /home/aad beaker% chmod 700 . beaker% ls -ldg . drwx--S--- 10 aad developm 512 Dec 10 17:19 ./ beaker% beaker% chmod 700 . beaker% ls -ldg . drwx--S--- 10 aad developm 512 Dec 10 17:19 ./ [[ In this context, 's' means setgid and 'S' means setgid with no group execute permission. Now why permissions are set this way on directories I don't know. --wnl ]]