❦ 10 March 2022 11:34 -05, Michael Stone:
>>>> On systems that don't use usergroups for all/some users, doesn't this
>>>> change make all files writable by other users by default? That would
>>>> seem like a very unsecure change on upgrades (or as a default).
>>>
>>> AFAIK systems that don't use usergroups are already not running in
>>> standard Debian configuration, since we default to USERGROUPS_ENAB being
>>> 'yes' in login.defs (and likewise USERGROUPS 'yes' in adduser.conf).
>>
>>Has it always been the case? On my oldest system, my primary group is "users".
>
> It was always configurable, but was enabled out of the box in hamm...
My system was installed on Potato if I remember correctly (or maybe
Woody, but definitely not older than Potato). But maybe my home was
imported from a SuSE installation and I tweaked something.
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