Note: USB storage devices are shown as SCSI drives in Linux, so if you have more than a SCSI device you can find different device names (/dev/sdXX where XX depends on your hardware). In this example I’ve chosen the first device in the SCSI chain (/dev/sda1)
1. Open a console window (under KDE is called konsole)
2. Login as root: type su and enter the password and run the following commands to list the new usb devices.
[root@localhost]#lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 08ec:0010 …
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SUID, SGID, Sticky Bit explained.
We often neglect the basics of Linux such as the Suid, sgid and sticky bits. But they are really useful if we know to use them properly.
Below I am explaining it briefly with appropriate examples.
1) Sticky bit was used on executables in linux (which was used more often)so that they would remain in the memory more time after the initial execution, hoping they would be needed in the near future. But since today we have more sophisticated memory accessing techniques …