Re: The 'users' gid: sync, games, and man
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 02:20:53PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 12:34:19PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > sync:
> > games:
> > man:
>
> Good summary. I'm inclined to say nogroup, games, nogroup,
I don't think man should be nogroup for much the same reasons I don't
think it should be users, so I think I'll go with a dedicated group.
Otherwise, agreed.
> because using the root group would possibly compromise other files on
> the system that happen to be 0640, 0740 etc. Not that there should be
> any such files, but still. Note also that nothing else appears to be
> using the root group by default.
Yes, fair point, and I agree. Some systems might use the root group to
control who can su as well.
I've applied this in my local copy, pending any objections:
Index: group.master
===================================================================
--- group.master (revision 715)
+++ group.master (revision 716)
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
mail:*:8:
news:*:9:
uucp:*:10:
+man:*:12:
proxy:*:13:
kmem:*:15:
dialout:*:20:
Index: passwd.master
===================================================================
--- passwd.master (revision 715)
+++ passwd.master (revision 716)
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
daemon:*:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:*:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:*:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
-sync:*:4:100:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
-games:*:5:100:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
-man:*:6:100:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
+sync:*:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
+games:*:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
+man:*:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
lp:*:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
mail:*:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
news:*:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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