Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 09:39:52 -0700 (MST) From: Barnacle Wes <wes@intele.net> To: rbezuide@mikom.csir.co.za (R Bezuidenhout) Cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Touch and group ig bug ??? Message-ID: <199512211639.JAA04210@intele.net> In-Reply-To: <199512210857.KAA18187@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> from "R Bezuidenhout" at Dec 21, 95 10:57:20 am
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> Why was the group of the file I touched changed to bin and not to
> mikomtek, which is my default group ?? Am I missing something here?
RTFM? Try 'man 2 open':
[...]
When a new file is created it is given the group of the directory which
contains it.
[...]
> On a HP-UX the the file "try"'s group is also mikomtek and NOT bin.
>
> Was this done for security reasons ?
Probably. It makes sense for directories that are used to share
a project amongst several users; any file created in that directory
belongs to the group. With intelligent umask settings, this can
facilitate group sharing directories.
Remember -- it's not wrong, it's just different -- the UNIX way!
--
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