On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 02:31:04PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > what have "/etc/login.defs" to do with the fact that there is > simply no need to have a personal group for a user at all? You're probably not thinking about multiple users on a relatively secure system. I *think*, if I recall correctly, that AT&T System III & V put everyone in the same group. This is a possible security breach, since any executable/directory/file that might grant rights to that group would be open to exploit by anyone in the group. So, from a security point of view, it makes a lot more sense to assign each user to their own group, and only let them in shared groups by deliberate assignment. It doesn't cost anything in terms of resources or performance. Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
