Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!hc!lanl!beta!dxxb From: dxxb@beta.lanl.gov (David W. Barts) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Worm/Passwords Summary: use directory sticky bit Message-ID: <22832@beta.lanl.gov> Date: 28 Nov 88 17:15:26 GMT References: <22401@cornell.UUCP> <4627@rayssd.ray.com> <8563@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> <277@ispi.UUCP> Organization: BCS Richland, Inc. Lines: 9 Just make it so that if the sticky bit is set on the directory's mode, only the file's owner or root can unlink() it. BSD already does this, so the new change wouldn't create yet another UNIX standard, only more compatability. David W. Barts N5JRN, Ph. 509-373-4554 (FTS 440-4554), dxxb@lanl.GOV BCS Richland Inc. | 603 1/2 Guernsey St. P.O. Box 300, M/S S2-01 | Prosser, WA 99350 Richland, WA 99352 | Ph. 509-786-1024