Showing posts with label sticky bit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sticky bit. Show all posts

Monday, June 24, 2013

What is a sticky Bit and how to set it in Linux?



What is Sticky Bit?


Sticky Bit is mainly used on folders in order to avoid deletion of a folder and its content by other users though they having write permissions on the folder contents. If Sticky bit is enabled on a folder, the folder contents are deleted by only owner who created them and the root user. No one else can delete other users data in this folder(Where sticky bit is set). This