From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Jan 18 21:20: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B6E437B404 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:19:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14JIyT-0000Ov-00; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:35:49 -0700 Message-ID: <3A672974.554E6981@softweyr.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:35:48 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Pentchev Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: no newgroup/newgrp in FreeBSD? References: <20010116161703.H364@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Peter Pentchev wrote: > > Heyas, > > Is there a reason there is no newgroup/newgrp(1) in FreeBSD, besides > the fact that the kernel can support a simultaneous set of groups? > Still, it would be nice for compatibility (and SUSv2 compliance) > to have some kind of newgrp/newgroup implementation, albeit even > a null one. Here ya go: # cd /usr/bin # ln true newgrp -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message