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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!jacques From: jacques@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Jacques Legare) Subject: Sticky bit on directory question Message-ID: <CtrKx8.857@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> Sender: news@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (News Administrator) Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 17:36:43 GMT Lines: 14 I have the permissions on my /usr/local/lib/TeX/fonts/pk directory as follows drwx---r-t 2 root tex 1024 Jul 30 13:26 p but an unprivilidged user can _still_ not create files in this directory. The user (tcomnade uid 100) has the following groups (no he's not a member of the group tex!) wheel tcom where tcom is 500. Can anyone tell me what is going on?