Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:45:06 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: obrien@NUXI.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.usr.dist Message-ID: <19980914204506.59599@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <19980914112128.A1286@nuxi.com>; from David O'Brien on Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:21:28AM -0700 References: <199809141052.DAA15959@freefall.freebsd.org> <19980914112128.A1286@nuxi.com>
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On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:21:28AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > Modified files: > > etc/mtree BSD.usr.dist > > Log: > > There is no group name of "root"; assume man was what was intended. > > Actually wanted uname of root. > I can't decide what the group should be for the man tree. Security wise, > "wheel" like all the others. But I'm not sure if group "man" was > invented for any real reason, like group "games" for a few setgid bins. Group 'man' for write-access to the catpages. The original pages should be owned by root.wheel, of course. The transition to setgid man has not yet been done (I remember planning to fix this two years ago, but I've just plain forgotten... There may have been a reson why it wasn't feasible.) Eivind.
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