>Debian uses 002 and the "what a waste" user method. Having only lived in >this environment, I don't see the advantages of the 022 system. Aside from >"wasting" a, sometimes large, number of groups, why is 022 "superior"?
Dale, Being in group "users" allows me to turn on and off the group bits without bothering the system admin. Being in my own group "gk4" requires that I contact the system admin to add people to my group "gk4" to create a mediated group access list. Umask 022 versus 002 is implied by being in group "users" or group "gk4" respectively. The question is, do we want to specify users/022 for scripts, pre-install, and post-install? If not, then delete it from the LSB specification; otherwise, we need to take a stand on one or the other and I contend that users/022 is the norm. :-) Cheers, George Kraft IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-838-2688; t/l 678-2688 IBM Linux Technology Center & Linux Standards
