Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 12:26:26 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: David Bear <David.Bear@asu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user owned groups Message-ID: <20050511172626.GB2567@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20050511165506.GC10213@asu.edu> References: <20050511165506.GC10213@asu.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In the last episode (May 11), David Bear said: > 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? Both systems should be equally secure. The BSD way is a bit more flexible in that you can allow user A access to user B's home directories by putting user A in group B. Good for allowing teachers access to student directories (but only the ones taking their classes), or delegating access while an employee is on vacation. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20050511172626.GB2567>