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Date:      Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:10:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Owners
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961029231011.369j-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.93.961026112740.24000B-100000@calvino.alaska.net>

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On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, hmmm wrote:

> 
> Ownerships seem to be specific to particular Unix's (at least the names).
> 
> where can i find info on BSD stuff?  i don't know what the difference
> between 'bin' and 'wheel' are, etc., and how i choose appropriately.

In relation to....?

'bin' is user 'bin', who own system binaries.  'wheel' is group wheel,
which is usually for the superuser and sysadmins.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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