Re: utmp group proposal
On May 09, Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cs.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
> There is a slight problem though: utmp. Currently only root can
> update the utmp. To solve this I propose we create an utmp
> group and put in policy that programs that want to modify the
> utmp should be setgid utmp instead of setuid root (unless root
> is needed for other purposes of
I have two concerns:
* The proliferation of users/groups.
* Divergence of users/groups from other Linux distributions
and other UNIXs.
Our shop has a mix of Solaris and Debian machines. It already is
a chore keeping the users straight.
--
Jean Pierre
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