From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 2 22:22:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3E5F16A403 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:22:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CA6813C44C for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:22:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x37so6956139nfc for ; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:22:21 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=bWyHYCpLRZ2Zjv6yRV1DVtLXGAH7yjPf0YhGM0j4DJnuBA8UTqQ6Kpy3LCZiilozG/qyZHPmPhDEBkIbu8vx4C3CvMTeGblycwDkaRUZefBymAizbEA3BsMPd287PFSPQldQlItW8IOLhQ+iAFAoVgSAU/+tQUbStFq4/9Csup4= Received: by 10.82.120.15 with SMTP id s15mr2023944buc.1167776540983; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:22:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.188.7 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 14:22:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8a0028260701021422q71ee7a6by78fb4b773ec34688@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:22:20 +0000 From: "Jeff Rollin" To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <8a0028260612311143o4a843c5r55ad49fa901a077a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4597CCA6.3080404@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> <8a0028260612311143o4a843c5r55ad49fa901a077a@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Fwd: what is operator group for? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:22:23 -0000 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeff Rollin Date: 31-Dec-2006 19:43 Subject: Re: what is operator group for? To: Chris Whitehouse On 31/12/06, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > > Hi all > > I sent this once already but didn't see it come back, sorry if it has > appeared twice. AFAIK it has only come up once, so that's OK. can anyone tell me what the operator group is for, or docs where I can > read about it? I see that /sbin/shutdown and /sbin/mk_snap_ffs are both > executable by members and various things in /dev/ are mountable by them. Originally things were set up that way so that people in the "operator" group could mount disks and tapes, shut the machine off, etc. root would do the system administration itself (removing rootkits, etc.) Well, when I say "originally" I mean "when the operator group was added to the system". I don't think it existed in early versions of UNIX. Jeff -- Now, did you hear the news today? They say the danger's gone away But I can hear the marching feet Moving into the street Adapted from Genesis, "Land of Confusion" http://latedeveloperbasketcase.blogspot.com