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Re: Using the user nobody in my package



Richard Laager wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 12:59 +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> Also, I wanted to have your opinion. Is it ok to use dtc:nogroup, or
>> should I also generate a group name and use it?
> 
> I think the same arguments apply for the group.

Not really. You /can/ let it run as dtc:nogroup, there is no policy
against it. From the security pov, it's doesn't matter as long as the
group bits are set to 0.

However, it's not very beautiful, hence I (still) recommend to use dtc:dtc.

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