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The sticky bit allows the use of share directories basically where only the owner of the directory or the owner of the file can delete the file within a directory (as opposed to the normal situation where if you can write files in a directory you can delete any file in that directory)
The setuid bit allows you to run the program as the file owner or group owner rather than the executor. For example the file can run as root instead of a normal user and therefore do priviledged things. However this is something you have to be very careful with as it can leave gaping security holes.
-The most common commandline program to alter permissions is [chmod(1)]
+The most common commandline program to alter permissions is [chmod(1)].
-Link
to http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/January1999/article77.html.
+There's an [excellent guide
to permissions at Greg's wiki|http://wooledge.org/mywiki/Permissions], which you should go and read right now. [Linux Focus|
http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/January1999/article77.html] also has a good article to read
.
And remember the less permissions you give the better.
!!Recursively Change Permissions of Just Files Or Just Folders
