How to remove socket file permission

nirmalya2k3

I have a file with the following permission :-

# ls -l

srwxrwxrwx ... /var/log/messages (A socket is marked with a s as the first letter of the mode string) .

Wants to know how can i set and as well as remove the socket file permission.

Thanx in Advance.

~Regards,

-N

marc

chmod

roobal

chmod u-s form user or chmod g-s for group.