Once upon a time, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> said: > However I failed to find how to see whether any of those bits are set > for a file. I tried `ls -l ' in /bin, /usr/bin, and /tmp but didn't > notice anything obvious. I also failed to find any appropriate option > for ls to list it either. Am I looking in the wrong place? Run "ls -ld /tmp" and you should see: drwxrwxrwt. 17 root root 4096 2010-04-23 14:37 /tmp The "t" at the end (instead of a normal "x") indicates the directory sticky bit. > Also in what situations would seting the setuid or setgid bits help? I > could think of some, like writing configuration files for the > application which are otherwise owned by someone else, maybe for a web > server or a daemon or maybe some automated backup solution. Are these > valid scenarios? You should only have setuid/setgid for programs that are designed for privilege escalation (such as /bin/su and /usr/bin/passwd). Setting them on arbitrary programs is a security problem (since you could be giving any user the ability to do random things as another user, possibly root). -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
