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The term stickily bit is related to

A. Kernel
B. Undeletable file
C. Both A and B
D. None


  
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August 14, 2005 02:45:21   #1  
Neha Maheshwari        

RE: The term stickily bit is related to A. Kernel B. Undeletable file C. Both A and B D. None
i think its answer should be Option B i.e. undeletable
files because user use sticky bit with its files for the
the purpose of security of its files and no one from outside can delete it

 
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April 03, 2006 07:13:59   #2  
Preeti Yadav Member Since: April 2006   Contribution: 30    

RE: The term stickily bit is related to

A. Kernel
B. Undeletable file
C. Both A and B<


The bit in the mode of a Unix file which if set for an executable tells the kernel to keep the code loaded in swap space even after it has finished executing on the assumption that it is likely to be used again soon. This performance optimisation was included in some early (and recent) versions of Unix to save reloading frequently used programs such as the shell or vi from disk.If the sticky bit is set on a directory an unprivileged user may not delete or rename files of other users in that directory even if he has write access to the directory.
 
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August 25, 2008 14:12:41   #3  
thakurpiyush1 Member Since: February 2008   Contribution: 6    

RE: The term stickily bit is related tonA. KernelnB. Undeletable filenC. Both A and BnD. None
The sticky bit was introduced in the Fifth Edition of Unix in 1974 for use with pure executable files. When set it instructed the operating system to retain the text segment of the program in swap space after the process exited. This speeded subsequent executions by allowing the kernel to make a single operation of moving the program from swap to real memory

Hence the answer is A .Kernel

 
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