From 59a999900b5402f50d38388a3a41241553eb18ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wosch Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 20:53:00 +0000 Subject: update sticky bit documentation --- lib/libc/sys/chmod.2 | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/chmod.2') diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2 b/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2 index 1075158..f07e933 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2 @@ -88,17 +88,12 @@ defined in #define S_ISUID 0004000 /* set user id on execution */ #define S_ISGID 0002000 /* set group id on execution */ -#define S_ISVTX 0001000 /* save swapped text even after use */ +#define S_ISVTX 0001000 /* sticky bit */ .Ed .Pp -The +The FreeBSD VM system totally ignores the sticky bit ( .Dv ISVTX -(the -.Em sticky bit ) -indicates to the system which executable files are shareable (the -default) and the system maintains the program text of the files -in the swap area. The sticky bit may only be set by the super user -on shareable executable files. +) for executables. .Pp If mode .Dv ISVTX -- cgit v1.1