From d9730bd932fcd64a1a64a0cb4e271ff1a2ef81cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wolfgang Helbig Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 12:26:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] For regular files the sticky bit is ignored, but the user can still set it. --- share/man/man8/sticky.8 | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man8/sticky.8 b/share/man/man8/sticky.8 index 009f544e340..d86f3c23892 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/sticky.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/sticky.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)sticky.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 -.\" $Id: sticky.8,v 1.2 1997/03/07 03:28:21 jmg Exp $ +.\" $Id: sticky.8,v 1.3 1997/08/17 00:15:46 steve Exp $ .\" .Dd June 5, 1993 .Dt STICKY 8 @@ -43,16 +43,13 @@ A special file mode, called the .Em sticky bit (mode S_ISVTX), is used to indicate special treatment -for shareable executable files and directories. +for directories. It is ignored for regular files. See .Xr chmod 2 or the file .Pa /usr/include/sys/stat.h for an explanation of file modes. -.Sh STICKY TEXT EXECUTABLE FILES -These are no longer supported and any attempt to create a sticky text -executable will fail on UFS-based filesystems. .Sh STICKY DIRECTORIES A directory whose `sticky bit' is set becomes an append-only directory, or, more accurately,