Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:33:47 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no newgroup/newgrp in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <3A6728FB.76E7C687@softweyr.com> References: <20010116161703.H364@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010116162219.I364@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010116094133.B1858@puck.firepipe.net>
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Will Andrews wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 04:22:19PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > http://ringwraith.online.bg/~roam/devel/sysutils/newgrp-1.0.tar.gz > [..] > > Sorry for being ignorant, but what's the difference between this and the > pw(8) group operations? System V only holds one GID per process. The newgrp command changes the active GID to another group by starting a new shell with the GID specified on the newgrp command line. You have to be a member of the group or know the group password. Since BSD uses a list of group memberships, newgrp is not needed. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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