*if* /srv handled group permissions some of these use cases could be done through /srv, couldn't it?
an old discussion where pressoto and nemo outlined the problem: (btw, has pressoto disowned 9fans?) http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.plan9/browse_thread/thread/846148c4df8ea674/9fe6dabdb7a7edb4?lnk=gst&q=group+permissions+on+%2Fsrv&rnum=1#9fe6dabdb7a7edb4 > other defined permission and mode bits can. The gid can be > changed: by the owner if also a member of the new group; or > by the group leader of the file's current group if also > leader of the new group (see intro(9P) for more information > about permissions, users, and groups). None of the other > > I don't think anything terrible would happen if > one deleted the text "if also a member of the new group" > for the owner. Maybe it's a holdover from Unix worth > getting rid of. It's almost certainly a one-line change > to fossil.
