From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 22 11: 7:43 2002 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 81B2737B401 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:07:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C79D743EB3 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:07:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18FJ9Q-000DYv-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 19:07:41 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id D014A832A for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:07:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id F368F1854 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:07:28 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 8EBFC225FA; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:07:29 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:07:29 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwords in /etc/group Message-ID: <20021122190729.GB833@raggedclown.net> References: <000701c29193$0f4a68f0$0a2da8c0@sem> <20021121212019.GA47022@raggedclown.net> <5d1y5da209.y5d@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5d1y5da209.y5d@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 10:32:54AM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > > What purpose do they serve ? > > A System Manager can put the users in the appropriate groups > > for their work. > > I have never seen them used on any Unix system I have worked on, > > and I seem to recall from some ancient documentation that they > > are more trouble than they are worth. > > (Please put blank lines between paragraphs or use bullets or > indentation or something. This isn't a Poetry 101 forum. Thanks.) > - Neither is it a forum for you to make silly snidy comments. - The above is perfectly readable. - And don't assume everyone is American and knows what the hell a Poetry 101 forum is (surely it should be Forum). And please don't begin an email with parenthetical comments. This is stylistically unforgiveable. You might care to know that in the language of your forefathers a blank line is often ommitted between paragraphs. Thanks. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message