Bugtraq: Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17

[shipley () merde dis org (Peter shipley)]

> Peter's message dated: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 15:35:27 PST
> >     % cat >! /tmp/fofo
> >      < ... etc ... >
> It seems like at least on some systems you can only create files, not
> append to or replace existing files.
>
>       //niko

it sometimes helps to be famiular with  the man pages......


from the chmod(2) man pages:

     If the sticky  bit  is  set  on  a  directory,  an unprivileged
     user  may  not delete or rename files of other users in that
     directory.