On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:30:13 +0300, "era eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Package: thttpd-util
> Version: 2.23beta1-4
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> The "makeweb" utility is supposed to let users create their own
> directory structure in /var/www/users, but in order to be able to do
> this, the utility needs to be setgid to the group owner of that
> directory (this is mentioned in the source code). At present, that
> directory is group "root" on my installation, and makeweb is not setgid.
> 
> Perhaps it would be simpler in the short term to simply replace this
> command with a no-op warning unless you relly want to go through the
> hassle to introduce a new group and a new setgid program.

I meant to add that yes, you are mentioning this in README.Debian, but
IMHO it's still not very useful or intuitive. Maybe that turns this into
a "minor" / "wishlist" bug though. Sorry for not making this clear from
the start.

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