Re: exploring debian's users and groups
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 05:28:43PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Dave Sherohman wrote:
> > Why? It seems a good, fairly standard method for allowing (selected)
> > non-root users to configure and build system software. (You still have
> > to become root to install it, of course, but, IMO, that should be the
> > only part of the process to require root privilege.)
>
> Debian does not use it, and admins who need it can always create it
> himself.
Not completely unused:
~$ ls -ld /usr/src/
drwxrwsr-x 5 root src 1024 Jun 7 23:19 /usr/src//
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