Given the Following Directory Permissions

question 42

Multiple Choice

Given the following directory permissions:     
drwxrwxrwt 14 root root 36864 2012-03-02 11:17 /tmp
What does the letter t at the end of drwxrwxrwt indicate?

• A) It is the sticky bit that causes all commands in this directory to be launched as root.
• B) It means that even though the directory is globally writable only the owner can delete their own files.
• C) It makes the directory accessible for everybody.
• D) It indicates that this directory contains only temporary files that may be deleted.
• E) It is a temporary bit that prevents launching commands in this directory.

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