From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 31 19:22:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4DC116A407 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:22:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk) Received: from smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AE9013C45B for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:22:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk) Received: from [172.23.170.144] (helo=anti-virus03-07) by smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H11ui-0004Wq-DQ for questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:43:52 +0000 Received: from [82.35.115.93] (helo=[192.168.10.60]) by asmtp-out6.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1H11uh-0000yU-SF for questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:43:51 +0000 Message-ID: <4597CCA6.3080404@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:43:50 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060417) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: what is operator group for? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:22:38 -0000 Hi all I sent this once already but didn't see it come back, sorry if it has appeared twice. can anyone tell me what the operator group is for, or docs where I can read about it? I see that /sbin/shutdown and /sbin/mk_snap_ffs are both executable by members and various things in /dev/ are mountable by them. I want a regular user to be able to mount removeable media and shutdown the computer. If I make them a member of operator group what else am I allowing them to do? Thanks Chris