[H-GEN] SUID, and Unix groups [long] [was: okie just what I sort of need to know]

[hfphillips at iname.com]

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<snip> 
> -rwsr-x---   1  root  dialup    653423 Sep 13 11:12  kppp  [0]
<snip> 
> The point of this?  setuid is a very broad tool; in many cases setting 
> appropriate group permissions avoids the need entirely, and the concept is 
> generally useful in many other places.[1]
> 
> --
> bje
> 
> [0] This is a contrived ls -l output; I am anti-kde. :)
> [1] Wishing that the cello sysadmins had used groups for group assignment 
> work instead of a hacked up su-type command that made the whole process 
> awkward and ugly.
> 

Do you work with legal type people at all? You seem to have alot of those [*] 
type things in your responses. Just curious :-)

Regards
Harry

PS. I agree groups are _way_ under utilised on both *nix and Novell
servers.

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