Man page owner

2005-11-20 Thread Rich Walker
Hi, This is probably a question with an obvious answer, but I couldn't find the answer. Why are man pages installed with owner and group root rather than owner and group man? cheers, Rich. -- rich walker | Shadow Robot Company | [EMAIL PROTECTED] technical director 251

Re: Man page owner

2005-11-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 08:40:17PM +, Rich Walker wrote: This is probably a question with an obvious answer, but I couldn't find the answer. Why are man pages installed with owner and group root rather than owner and group man? Why would man need write access to the man pages? --

Re: Man page owner

2005-11-20 Thread Stuart Yeates
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 08:40:17PM +, Rich Walker wrote: This is probably a question with an obvious answer, but I couldn't find the answer. Why are man pages installed with owner and group root rather than

Re: Man page owner

2005-11-20 Thread Rich Walker
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 08:40:17PM +, Rich Walker wrote: This is probably a question with an obvious answer, but I couldn't find the answer. Why are man pages installed with owner and group root rather than owner and group man? Why would man