Re: what is operator group for?

2007-01-03 Thread Rico Secada
On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:30:49 + Chris Whitehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Chris You could run a: find / -type f -group operator to see all files where operator is the group. Forgive me if I am wrong but I actually think this is the best way to find out. Hi all can anyone tell me

Re: what is operator group for?

2007-01-02 Thread Chris Whitehouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can anyone tell me what the operator group is for, or docs where I can read about it? I see that /sbin/shutdown and /sbin/mk_snap_ffs are both executable by members and various things in /dev/ are mountable by them. My understanding is that group operator is

Re: what is operator group for?

2007-01-01 Thread Chris Whitehouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want a regular user to be able to mount removeable media and shutdown the computer. If I make them a member of operator group what else am I allowing them to do? With the usual permission settings, you are also allowing them to read disks directly (e.g. with

Re: what is operator group for?

2007-01-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
can anyone tell me what the operator group is for, or docs where I can read about it? I see that /sbin/shutdown and /sbin/mk_snap_ffs are both executable by members and various things in /dev/ are mountable by them. My understanding is that group operator is intended for those who deal

Re: what is operator group for?

2006-12-31 Thread perryh
can anyone tell me what the operator group is for, or docs where I can read about it? I see that /sbin/shutdown and /sbin/mk_snap_ffs are both executable by members and various things in /dev/ are mountable by them. My understanding is that group operator is intended for those who deal with