Re: Bug#484841: staff group root equivalence
On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 13:25 +0200, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 03:50:39PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > For this reason, I intend to propose the following options:
>
> > 1. Keep /usr/local writeable by group staff (i.e. leave things as they
> > are).
>
> > 2. Decide to change the default so that /usr/local is not writeable by
> > group staff anymore. This change should only be implemented after an
> > appropriate transition plan exists, so that system administrators can
> > keep that functionality. (Reasons for the change are the adaption of
> > other tools like sudo on most sites, and the concept of "least
> > surprise" for novice users.)
>
> > 3. Further discussion.
>
> > Comments?
>
> Looks like we've covered the options (with the proposed amendments), and I'm
> content to vote on this. I'll definitely vote 3) last, because I'm largely
> of the view that this is bikeshedding, and either solution meets the needs
> of the vast majority of users.
I agree.
Bdale
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