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The Sticky Bit

 
  • Normally users with write permissions to a directory can delete any file in that directory regardless of that file's permissions or ownership

  • With the sticky bit set on a directory, only the owner of a file can delete the file

  • Example: /tmp

  • drwxrwxrwt 12 root root 4096 Nov 2 15:44 tmp

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