Sebastian Tennant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, but mandb _is_ a member of the root group, so shouldn't it be able > to write files in /tmp with the permissions as they stand?
No, you'd have to make it setuid to root, or setgid to the root group. The user/group associations in /etc/passwd and /etc/group aren't involved. paul _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
