Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 16:13:59 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: andreas@klemm.gtn.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail complains about being unable to write his pid file Message-ID: <199707202313.QAA09972@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <15406.869308066@verdi.nethelp.no> from "sthaug@nethelp.no" at Jul 19, 97 12:27:46 pm
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> > I think it's a BSDism. bin is the UID and GID for Binaries, Commands > > and source as shown by the entry in /etc/passwd ... > > Yes, but the question stands - why is it setup this way? What is gained > by having binaries (and important directories) owned by bin instead of > root? The ability to update machines remotely via NFS, which proxies root as "nobody" in most sane configurations. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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