Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 07:51:18 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: gram@cequrux.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird /tmp behaviour Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991028074851.68032A-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <53285.941107538@verdi.nethelp.no>
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > That's what BSD just does - see open(2): > > > > > > When a new file is created it is given the group of the directory which > > > contains it. > > > > That's pretty weird (but quite correct). Just checked on NetBSD and found > > the same. I would have expected this behaviour only if the SGID bit was set, > > not by default. > > It's always been the BSD behavior. Solaris and and some other SVR4 > systems do the sgid thing in order to make the BSD behavior possible. There is US government regulation requiring this behavior in certain government systems. The Missed 'em V behavior was created for this. David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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