what is sticky bit,setuid setgid and setfacl used for

Answer Posted / norton anti virus

sticky bit is used to protect the directory of one user
from the other users so that they cant delete it
chmod +t /ibm - add sticky bit we have to use this command
chomod -t /ibm - to remove sticky bit

setuid and setgid is also to give user some admin
authorities
chmod u+s /export/home/user1- to give user the permission
chmod g+s /export/home/user1 - to give group the permission

setfacl is used to give permission to a directory of the
user
setfacl -m user:user1:rw- /user1/file1
getfacl is to see the permission
setfacl -d is to remove the permission

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