Re: should not specify default group for users
The umask of 022 for the "normal" user enables the proper benefit from the
group access bits on a file. Getting in the habit of placing users in
their own group and globally specifying a umask of 002 sets up the
unexperienced system admin with the opportunity of creating files rw-rw-r--
instead of rw-r--r-- as an umask of 022 would do.
The umask of 022 and the default "normal" user's group should be specified
for the purposes of installation, pre and post install scripts, and such.
Both UNIX and Linux distributions alike are all over the place with respect
to uid and gid groupings. The LSB should not attempt to regulate the
losing battle over the numeric range of uids and gids, but rather just
specify the mnemonic user name and group name pairs.
George Kraft IV
gk4@us.ibm.com
512-838-2688; t/l 678-2688
IBM Linux Technology Center & Linux Standards
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