SUID ( Set User ID ) or SGID ( Set Group ID ) upon execution are Linux access rights flags that allow users to run an executable with the permissions of the executable’s owner or group respectively and to change behaviour in directories. They are often used to allow users on a computer system to
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Linux Sticky bit permission
Sticky Bit is mainly used on folders in order to avoid deletion of a folder and it’s content by other users though they having write permissions on the folder contents. If Sticky bit is enabled on a folder, the folder contents are deleted by only owner who created them and the root user.