Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 05:19:59 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: ache@nagual.ru, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, bde@zeta.org.au, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-gnu@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/man/man Makefile man.c Message-ID: <199606221919.FAA09478@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>KOI8-R writes: >>> I thought the general consensus was a sgid man, not suid. >> >>I don't see how sgid man can be better than suid man now, >Security, security, security. Principle of least privilege. In that case, isn't suid man better? Group man would have to be able to access exactly the same things as user man does now, it's easier to make a mistake with a group by putting too many users in it. Bruce
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