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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man8/sticky.8 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man8/sticky.8 b/static/openbsd/man8/sticky.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bb046a05 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man8/sticky.8 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: sticky.8,v 1.11 2023/05/24 15:48:11 op Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: sticky.8,v 1.3 1994/11/30 19:36:27 jtc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)sticky.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 24 2023 $ +.Dt STICKY 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sticky +.Nd sticky text and append-only directories +.Sh DESCRIPTION +A special file mode, called the +.Em sticky bit +.Pq mode Dv S_ISVTX , +is used to indicate special treatment for files and directories. +See +.Xr chmod 2 +or +the file +.Pa /usr/include/sys/stat.h +for an explanation of file modes. +.Sh STICKY FILES +Historically, an executable shareable file which had the sticky bit set +was not immediately discarded from swap space after execution. +The kernel hoarded the text segment of the file for future reuse, +thus avoiding having to reload the program. +This is no longer true on modern systems; +the current virtual memory system keeps track of recently used executables, +making the sticky bit for files redundant. +The sticky bit can still be set on files, but without any effect. +.Pp +Only the superuser can set the sticky bit on a file, +though the owner of the file may clear the sticky bit. +.Sh STICKY DIRECTORIES +A directory with the +.Sq sticky bit +set places restrictions on file deletion: +a file in a sticky directory may only be removed or renamed +by a user if the user has write permission for the directory and +the user is the owner of the file, the owner of the directory, +or the superuser. +This feature is usefully applied to directories such as +.Pa /tmp +which must be publicly writable but +should deny users the license to arbitrarily +delete or rename each others' files. +.Pp +Any user may create a sticky directory. +See +.Xr chmod 1 +for details about modifying file modes. +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At 32v . +.Sh BUGS +Neither +.Xr open 2 +nor +.Xr mkdir 2 +will create a file with the sticky bit set. |
