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Bug#581729: [SQUEEZE] Document the umask change for new installs



On 05/15/2010 05:26 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 14:16 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> for regular users
> Would have to double check it,... but doesn't the current change also
> affect root?

This does, but root is also in his own UPG. If you add any user to the
root group (same this as using wheel on other systems), you're
effectively giving that user full root access to the system anyway. So,
this change will not have any unsavory side effects for the root user or
group.

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