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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
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