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Date:      Sun, 6 Aug 2006 10:07:43 +0400
From:      Stanislav Sedov <ssedov@mbsd.msk.ru>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: chmod to other than root:wheel
Message-ID:  <20060806100743.6e429708@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <44D51EAE.10387.D6FEBEF@dan.langille.org>
References:  <44D51EAE.10387.D6FEBEF@dan.langille.org>

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On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 22:41:50 -0400
"Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> mentioned:

> A user has suggested installing bconsole (part of the sysutils/bacula-
> client port) as "chgrp bacula" and "chmod g+w", as opposed to the=20
> default root:wheel.  I think that makes sense.  Do we have a policy=20
> on this type of thing?
>=20

Why you need to make executable group-writable? For what it's intended
for?

Regarding datafiles - we have a lot of ports that change owner/group/perms
of installed files. You could redefine SHAREMODE/SHAREOWN/SHAREGRP
variables to install with right permissions.

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