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Date:      Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:45:06 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        obrien@NUXI.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.usr.dist
Message-ID:  <19980914204506.59599@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <19980914112128.A1286@nuxi.com>; from David O'Brien on Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:21:28AM -0700
References:  <199809141052.DAA15959@freefall.freebsd.org> <19980914112128.A1286@nuxi.com>

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On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 11:21:28AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> >   Modified files:
> >     etc/mtree            BSD.usr.dist 
> >   Log:
> >   There is no group name of "root"; assume man was what was intended.
> 
> Actually wanted uname of root.
> I can't decide what the group should be for the man tree.  Security wise,
> "wheel" like all the others.  But I'm not sure if group "man" was
> invented for any real reason, like group "games" for a few setgid bins.

Group 'man' for write-access to the catpages.  The original pages
should be owned by root.wheel, of course.  The transition to setgid
man has not yet been done (I remember planning to fix this two years
ago, but I've just plain forgotten...  There may have been a reson why
it wasn't feasible.)

Eivind.



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