Hi Nick, no unusual umask # umask 0022 # touch /tmp/touched # ls -l /tmp/touched -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 21 13:35 /tmp/touched /tmp as with all my Unix boxes only has the sticky bit set to prevent users' mutual file deletion. That's why I was alarmed when I saw htdigest doing this. Almost looks as if I am using a cracked version. I will have to strace my htdigest... > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Kew [mailto:nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:30 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Weird sbitting of htdigest > > > On Tuesday 21 February 2006 10:09, Ralph.Grothe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > When I created my first passwd file with htdigest I was baffled > > to > > realize that the htdigest binary from my installation produced > > a passwd file with suid, sgid and the sticky bit set. > > > > Ugh, what the hack is any sbit necessary for a flat password > > file? > > It certainly shouldn't do that - and it doesn't for me. > > Do you have strange umask settings, or anything else in the shell? > > -- > Nick Kew > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx