> In other variants of Unix, this test is not applied to directories, where
> the setgid bit does not have the same security implications as it does for
> files (rather it signals that BSD group ID behavior is to be used on new
Yes, it does. Anyone who is allowed to create files in that directory can
quite easily start a sgid-program to get membership of the group.
Andi
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