Hello everyone,
I have tried copying a directory having a sticky bit set to another directory. The source directory was copied with the sticky bit but the contents (i.e: other files and directories) within the directory which another user had created changed ownership to show as i had created it.This is disturbing.
How can i copy files across directories and at the same time retain the original permissions including special permissions.The contents are within my home_dir.
command i used was :
NB: I managed to get away with it when i copied it using root.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 01-17-2013 at 09:03 PM..
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
sticky
STICKY(7) BSD Miscellaneous Information Manual STICKY(7)NAME
sticky -- sticky text and append-only directories
DESCRIPTION
A special file mode, called the sticky bit (mode S_ISTXT), is used to indicate special treatment for directories. It is ignored for regular
files. See chmod(2) or the file <sys/stat.h> for an explanation of file modes.
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 /tmp
which must be publicly writable but should deny users the license to arbitrarily delete or rename each others' files.
Any user may create a sticky directory. See chmod(1) for details about modifying file modes.
HISTORY
A sticky command appeared in Version 32V AT&T UNIX.
BUGS
Neither open(2) nor mkdir(2) will create a file with the sticky bit set.
BSD June 5, 1993 BSD