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Date:      Wed, 3 Jan 2007 21:20:48 +0100
From:      Rico Secada <coolzone@io.dk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: what is operator group for?
Message-ID:  <20070103212048.06f3af10.coolzone@io.dk>
In-Reply-To: <4595A529.90206@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>
References:  <4595A529.90206@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>

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On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:30:49 +0000
Chris Whitehouse <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

Hi Chris

You could run a: find / -type f -group operator 
to see all files where operator is the group.

Forgive me if I am wrong but I actually think this is the best way to find out.

> Hi all
> 
> 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.
> 
> I want a regular user to be able to mount removeable media and shutdown 
> the computer. If I make them a member of operator group what else am I
> allowing them to do?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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