Re: weekly policy summary
close 37389
reopen 37389
retitle 37389 [AMENDMENT] Utmp group proposal
severity 37389 normal
thanks
(This should be the correct procedure, if not please correct me).
> Utmp group proposal (#37389)
> * Consensus.
> * Proposed on 09 May 99 by Wichert Akkerman; seconded by Branden
> Robinson, Joel Klecker, Ossama Othman, Raphael Hertzog, Marco
> d'Itri, Joseph Carter and Karl M. Hegbloom.
> * Create a new utmp group that can modify utmp, programs that were
> previously suid root can be sgid utmp instead.
> ( Amended by Branden Robinson to make wtmp and lastlog also
> writable by group utmp. Unless I'm wrong about marking this as a
> consensus, it's high time it was turned into an amendment. )
Highly agreed, and hereby done.
Wichert.
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