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Re: Bug#427697: sbackup uses a non-existent group.



* Charles Plessy [Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:22:11 +0900]:

> sbackup tries to write its files under root:admin, but the 'admin' group does
> not exist on default Debian installations.

[snip]

> Dear maintainer and/or release team, is it OK to raise the severity of this bug

I think this bug should be Severity: serious, yes. As for the rest, I
recommend you use your best judgement, or ask for advice on -devel. My
personal advice would be to mail the maintainer directly, since he's
also the upstream author and I don't think he's MIA.

HTH,

> and/or prepare a NMU to change the group? If yes, can a more experienced person
> than me suggest a group that makes sense?

-- 
Adeodato Simó                                     dato at net.com.org.es
Debian Developer                                  adeodato at debian.org
 
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there
is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the proof.
                -- J.K. Galbraith


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