topic Re: What is the s means in the group portion of the permissions ? in Operating System - HP-UX

What is the s means in the group portion of the permissions ?

rveri-admin — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:40:27 GMT

Experts,

Please help understanding the type of file pemissions with s , is it setgid ? ,

-r-sr-x--- 1 cmuser orasys 1057 Jan 5 2013 ccmuser
-r-sr-x--- 1 dmuser orasys 1057 Jan 5 2013 cdmuser

Pleae help to understand :

1. why it is used for.

2. How to set this permission .

hp-uxv3 . Thanks.

Bill Hassell — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:52:45 GMT

man ls

and

man chmod

ll shows the current values, chmod can change the values (aka, permissions)

Dennis Handly — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:38:37 GMT

>file permissions with s, is it setgid?

-r-sr-x--- 1 cmuser orasys ccmuser

No, your "s" is in the user portion.

>1. Why it is used for?

To do setuid scripts.

>2. How to set this permission?

chmod u+s file