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author | remko <remko@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-02-24 13:03:47 +0000 |
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committer | remko <remko@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-02-24 13:03:47 +0000 |
commit | 8026dd7ea9a1f08a3e55fc23289cc53bdb82b5b6 (patch) | |
tree | 230ad013f22b341361323d98d9b0f103cfd478f1 /share/man/man7 | |
parent | d275148566e3a1aa8d33aff81974608503c0bba6 (diff) | |
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Move the sticky manual from section 8 to section
7 like NetBSD has, since this is not a command
on itself.
PR: 124468
MFC after: 1 week
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man7')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/Makefile | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/sticky.7 | 82 |
2 files changed, 83 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/Makefile b/share/man/man7/Makefile index ab7e020..e279b37 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man7/Makefile @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ MAN= adding_user.7 \ security.7 \ sprog.7 \ stdint.7 \ + sticky.7 \ tuning.7 MLINKS= intro.7 miscellaneous.7 diff --git a/share/man/man7/sticky.7 b/share/man/man7/sticky.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f06603 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man7/sticky.7 @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)sticky.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd June 5, 1993 +.Dt STICKY 7 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sticky +.Nd sticky text and append-only directories +.Sh DESCRIPTION +A special file mode, called the +.Em sticky bit +(mode S_ISTXT), +is used to indicate special treatment +for directories. +It is ignored for regular files. +See +.Xr chmod 2 +or +the file +.In sys/stat.h +for an explanation of file modes. +.Sh STICKY DIRECTORIES +A directory whose `sticky bit' is set +becomes an append-only directory, or, more accurately, +a directory in which the deletion of files is restricted. +A file in a sticky directory may only be removed or renamed +by a user if the user has write permission for the directory and +the user is the owner of the file, the owner of the directory, +or the super-user. +This feature is usefully applied to directories such as +.Pa /tmp +which must be publicly writable but +should deny users the license to arbitrarily +delete or rename each others' files. +.Pp +Any user may create a sticky directory. +See +.Xr chmod 1 +for details about modifying file modes. +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At 32v . +.Sh BUGS +Neither +.Xr open 2 +nor +.Xr mkdir 2 +will create a file with the sticky bit set. |