Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 12/20/05, Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Dan Nicholson wrote: >> >> >>>The wording's wrong, but earlier in /etc/profile, umask is set to 022. >>> So what I said in the second paragraph about how "we're only gonna >>>change the group write permissions if non-system user and user name = >>>group name" is more accurate. I probably should have deleted the >>>first thing I wrote, but, well, yeah. >> >>I just re-read what you said as well, and I think I actually >>misunderstood what you were saying, so sorry for that. Anyway, perhaps >>the paragraph could be a little more clear on what's going on? > > > Definitely. I remember thinking the same thing you thought when I > first read that some time ago. How bout this: > > "By default, users on the system do not create directories and files > with group write permission. However, for non-system users whose user > name and group name are the same, it is generally safe to enable group > write permission." > > Eh, that still kind of sucks, but it's closer.
Since I write the original, I'll update it. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
