Sticky bit set for group for directory /var/spool/nagios/cmd

[shubhendu]

Wanted to understand the use of setting the sticky bit for group for the directory /var/spool/nagios/cmd in installed root.
The current permission for the directory looks as dtwxrwsr-x.

Can we remove the same and set the permissions as 0775 (drwxrwxr-x) for this directory?

Regards,
Shubhendu

[sreinhardt]

The nagios command pipe, generally located at /usr/local/nagios/var/spool/rw/nagios.cmd, should never have the sticky bit set on it, the parent folder may have it for dealing with the query handler. It is not necessary however, and after testing the file is still created correctly. Setting 775 should be just fine for the parent folder, please make sure that your nagios.cmd and nagios.qh are like the ones below when you are done and after a service nagios restart.

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prw-rw---- 1 nagios nagios 0 Jun 17 09:59 nagios.cmd
srw-rw---- 1 nagios nagios 0 Jun 17 09:59 nagios.qh