It is nice having portions of the spec CVS checked in so that other can tweak and enhance it...
I appreciate the review and edit. Thanks, George Kraft IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-838-2688; t/l 678-2688 IBM Linux Technology Center & Linux Standards Jim Kingdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03/20/2000 04:02:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: should not specify default group for users What do people (especially George) think of the following change? Or to put it another way, how does specifying a default here enhance application portability? Index: usersgroups.m4 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/lsb/website/spec/usersgroups/usersgroups.m4,v retrieving revision 1.3 diff -u -r1.3 usersgroups.m4 --- usersgroups.m4 2000/03/20 19:44:38 1.3 +++ usersgroups.m4 2000/03/20 21:49:18 @@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ "user groups" should be defined. </PARA> <PARA> -By default, all end-users should be in the same group "users" like -everyone else on the system with the default umask of 022. Under -special circumstances the system administrator may wish to have users -in their own group with the umask of 002; however, this is not the default -behavior. +Systems will typically put all end-users in the same group "users" +with the default umask of 022. Other +systems (or system administrators) may put users +in their own group with the umask of 002. +Applications should not assume one or the other. </PARA> </SECT1>
