Re: Seeking consensus for some changes in adduser
❦ 10 March 2022 11:21 +01, Philip Hands:
>> On systems that don't use usergroups for all/some users, doesn't this
>> change make all files writable by other users by default? That would
>> seem like a very unsecure change on upgrades (or as a default).
>
> AFAIK systems that don't use usergroups are already not running in
> standard Debian configuration, since we default to USERGROUPS_ENAB being
> 'yes' in login.defs (and likewise USERGROUPS 'yes' in adduser.conf).
Has it always been the case? On my oldest system, my primary group is "users".
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