On Thursday 17 January 2002 22:25, Stefan Siegel wrote:
> Es schrieb Leon Brooks:
>> Network tools and compiler tools, and they're useful for denying
>> dangerous users access to specific powerful tool sets.

> Let me resume it correctly: No Mandrake Linux package nedds them, but
> neverless they get created as SOME adminstrators MAY LIKE them.
> As a result they are not part of the "/etc/group" flie in the "setup"
> package (hello Chmouel :-), but msec adds them with a random number on
> EVERY Mandrake Linux box.

By default, ordinary users do not get added to these groups on high security 
levels (msec). The high group numbers should IMHO be considered a bug and 
fixed, but they should only need adding to /etc/group on systems which 
actually use the higher security levels.

So I do not consider their presence on such systems to be a bug at all, 
actually a useful feature and a good default. I just don't like the high 
numbers which are allocated for them.

Cheers; Leon

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