[comp.unix.internals] Summary: What SUID, SGID and Sticky bits do on inappropriate files

boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au (Boyd Roberts) (02/06/91)

In article <1991Feb4.124123.25558@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>,
>jmason@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Jamie Mason) says:
> ...  And what is mode 000 for?? ...

A `zero mode' creat(2) is a neat atomic operation for non-root users.


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