How to clear set-user-ID and set-group-ID of directories? "chmod 0755" can't clear them.

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Issue

  • How to clear set-user-ID and set-group-ID of directories? "chmod 0755" can't clear them.

Example:

# stat test-dir | grep "^Access: ("
Access: (6755/drwsr-sr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
# chmod 0755 test-dir
# stat test-dir | grep "^Access: ("
Access: (6755/drwsr-sr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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