Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:29:08 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no newgroup/newgrp in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20010116232908.D1731@tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0101161445270.6880-100000@alive.znep.com>; from marcs@znep.com on Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:50:41PM -0800 References: <XFMail.010116144340.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <Pine.BSF.4.20.0101161445270.6880-100000@alive.znep.com>
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On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:50:41PM -0800, Marc Slemko wrote: > > A non setuid wrapper would still not provide the same functionality that > newgrp does, which is part of what I'm repsonding to. > > And login -f does not preserve things like environment, cwd, etc. like > newgrp does which matters when you have environment variables that vary > (eg. ssh authentication agent). And you are then logged in twice. I've often wished for this, when in sysadmin mode and logged into a remote server over a difficult to replicate method :) (like ssh over ppp over brian;). Joe > > Sure, there are lots of other ways to do nearly the same thing. > Including simply logging out and logging in again. The point is simply > that newgrp would not be a noop on freebsd if it were implemented and does > have some useful, if minor, functionality. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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