[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. The user/group associations in /etc/passwd and /etc/group > aren't involved.
OK. I get it. Ta. sdt _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
