Re: 0.7.46 changelog: Change /run/network ownership to root:netdev.

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Regid Ichira <regid23@nt1.in> wrote:
>
> Sent this message to ifupdown@packages.d.o a few days ago.  So far,
> I didn't get a reply.  Perhaps I should have asked the list prior to
> asking the maintainer.
>
> Package: ifupdown
> Version: 0.7.46.1
>
>     $ zgrep -B3 netdev /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/changelog.gz | \
>     >   sed '2,3d'
>     ifupdown (0.7.46) unstable; urgency=low
>       * Change /run/network ownership to root:netdev.
>
> I don't understand that entry.  Should I have /run/network group
> set to netdev?  Should I have a netdev group somewhere?  Is there a
> bug?
>
>     $ ls -gd /run/network/
>     drwxr-xr-x 2 root 60 Nov 20 20:51 /run/network/
>     $ getent group netdev; printf $?
>     2


# getent group netdev
netdev:x/105


# dq ifupdown
ifupdown 0.7.47.1


# grep netdev /var/lib/dpkg/info/ifupdown.postinst
  addgroup --quiet --system netdev || true
    chown root:netdev /run/network