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From: Chris Timmons <skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu>
To: Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net>
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Subject: Re: operator not member of group operator?
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I get burned by this every time I set up amanda and make /etc/dumpdates
group operator, group writeable.  If no-one has changed this yet, any
objections?

-Chris

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Evan Champion wrote:

> Is there any particular reason why user operator is not a member of group
> operator?
> 
> The user operator itself is kind of useless; being a member of group
> operator is what makes operator what it is -- the userid that dumps are
> done as.  It can't do its job the way it is currently defined...
> 
> Evan
>