>>>>> "Gregg" == Gregg Siegfried <grs@claircom.com> writes: >> I always have thought that any good OS will reset any suid/sgid >> bits on a file write. Such is the case for the Solaris 2.4 >> machine I tested this on. I think any OS that doesn't do this >> has some deep design flaws. Gregg> I've been back and forth on this with Sun. That the setuid Gregg> and setgid bits are reset on *any* write, I consider a bug. It would be bad if setgid bits on a directory were changed on a directory write! -Rens