/usr/local/bin/p: line 79: /appl/fp/runmenu: Permission denied

[Fairlight]

Well that's true of the SUID bit, too.  If you chmod to add SUID before
doing a chown, it will clear the SUID bit the second you chown.  At
least on any sane system in the last 15-20 years, it will.

m->


On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:33:12AM -0700, Bill Campbell via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021, Bruce Easton via Filepro-list wrote:
> >I see that Ken Cole and Nancy addressed this.  Just one point - the commands
> >to resolve (i.e., 'chmod 4755' or 'chmod +s') engage the 'setuid' bit, not
> >the 'sticky' bit.  Introduced in Unix back in the 70's, both of these have
> >often been confused with one another.
> 
> Also of note, if one is going to change the sticky bit, the owner and group
> must be set first with chown which will reset the sticky bit.
> 
> Bill
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