[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Jarc) wrote:
> 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.
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