Re: Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user

To: Nathan E Norman <nnorman@micromuse.com>
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user
From: "Eray Ozkural \(exa\)" <erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 05:44:03 +0200
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Nathan E Norman wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 04:43:53AM +0200, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote:
> > I like using groups to give different sets of rights and I'm
> > annoyed by Debian giving every user his own group. Is that
> > reall necessary?
> 
> It's useful when you're in a development environment where you've got
> directories that are group writable.
> 
> On the other hand, I'd guess most large-scale development projects
> now use CVS rather than group writable directories as a sharing
> mechanism.

I put CVS users in a group called developers. Is that wrong?

Thanks,

-- 
Eray (exa) Ozkural
Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara
e-mail: erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr
www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo

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- Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user
  - From: "KORN Andras" <korn@chardonnay.math.bme.hu>
- Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user
  - From: Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>
- Re: Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user
  - From: Brian May <bam@debian.org>
- Re: Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user
  - From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
- Re: Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user
  - From: Brian May <bam@debian.org>
- Re: Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user
  - From: "Eray Ozkural \(exa\)" <erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr>
- Re: Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user
  - From: Nathan E Norman <nnorman@micromuse.com>

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