From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 11 16:57:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C25816A4CE for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 16:57:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from post5.inre.asu.edu (post5.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15AE843D5C for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 16:57:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from David.Bear@asu.edu) Received: from conversion.post5.inre.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1-1X6 #30769) id <0IGC00K014BTZA@asu.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 11 May 2005 09:55:05 -0700 (MST) Received: from smtp.asu.edu (smtp.asu.edu [129.219.110.107]) by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1-1X6 #30769) with ESMTP id <0IGC00KB24BTFX@asu.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 11 May 2005 09:55:05 -0700 (MST) Received: from moroni.pp.asu.edu (moroni.pp.asu.edu [129.219.69.200]) (8.12.10/8.12.10/asu_smtp_relay,nullclient,tcp_wrapped) with ESMTP id j4BGt5j5012355 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 09:55:05 -0700 (MST) Received: by moroni.pp.asu.edu (Postfix, from userid 500) id 3909110A9; Wed, 11 May 2005 09:55:06 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 09:55:06 -0700 From: David Bear To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20050511165506.GC10213@asu.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: user owned groups X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: David.Bear@asu.edu List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 16:57:07 -0000 Apoligies in advance but searches based on keyword were too voluminous. I've noticed that with some Linux distributions the default behavior of creating user accounts created the group with the same name as the user, and made that group the primary group of the user. There are other linux distributions that the throw all users into a default group named users. Freebsd does the first. Assuming that Freebsd was designed to be more secure from the start, I am assuming that creating a group for each user was also deemed a security plus. Are there any documents explaining the reasoning behind this? -- David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax: 480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing"