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Re: should not specify default group for users



gk4@us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> >Debian uses 002 and the "what a waste" user method. Having only lived in
> >this environment, I don't see the advantages of the 022 system. Aside from
> >"wasting" a, sometimes large, number of groups, why is 022 "superior"?
> 
> Dale,
> 
> Being in group "users" allows me to turn on and off the group bits without
> bothering the system admin.   Being in my own group "gk4" requires that I
> contact the system admin to add people to my group "gk4" to create a
> mediated group access list.   Umask 022 versus 002 is implied by being in
> group "users" or group "gk4" respectively.
> 
> The question is, do we want to specify users/022 for scripts, pre-install,
> and post-install?   If not, then delete it from the LSB specification;
> otherwise, we need to take a stand on one or the other and I contend that
> users/022 is the norm.  :-)
> 

So what does group "users" give you that the "o" bits don't?

	-hpa


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