How to use special permissions: the setuid, setgid and sticky bits.md 673 B
Title: "How to use special permissions: the setuid, setgid and sticky bits" Date: 2017-11-21 09:36:07 Categories: [os] Tags: [setuid, setgid, sticky bits]
Authors: sedlav
Normally, on a unix-like operating system, the ownership of files and directories is based on the default uid (user-id) and gid (group-id) of the user who created them. The same thing happens when a process is launched: it runs with the effective user-id and group-id of the user who started it, and with the corresponding privileges. This behavior can be modified by using special permissions.