On 12:25 20 Feb 2003, Myhre, Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I come from an SGI and Sun UNIX background, where the admin needs to do some
| good group and file management planning, and creates accounts giving groups of
| users a main project group (thus, their primary GID), and perhaps adding them
| to other groups as well. The users' individually (default login mode - no
| newgrp) created files are safe from tampering and destruction, but can be
| viewed by members only in their group. The Linux default requires the user to
| explicitly share every file he creates, since every new user has a unique GID.
|
| I'm having some trouble finding any discussion that relates the pros and cons
| of the Linux method, and I know some of the issues must revolve around the
| duties and experience level of shared groups one might create.
My take on this is here:
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/answers/per-user-groups.txt
The per-user-group thing is an _aid_ to working in groups; it means you don't
have to shuffle umasks.
Cheers,
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