From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Dec 24 19:32:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-73.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AA771515F for ; Fri, 24 Dec 1999 19:32:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA27051; Sat, 25 Dec 1999 03:32:25 GMT (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA01397; Fri, 24 Dec 1999 08:24:03 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199912240824.IAA01397@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.0 09/18/1999 To: David Wolfskill Cc: aunty@comcen.com.au, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: individual groups? In-Reply-To: Message from David Wolfskill of "Thu, 23 Dec 1999 07:45:55 PST." <199912231545.HAA63912@pau-amma.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 08:24:03 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > That said, the group mention in the passwd file is used to establish the > default group ownership of files that are created. (This is overridden > if the setgid bit is set in the containing directory at the time of file > creation, and it is overridden in such a case to be the group that owns > the directory in question.) This is sysv behaviour. BSD always behaves as if the gid bit is set. -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message