On Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:21:03 -0400, Matt Barry <m...@hazelmollusk.org> wrote: >On Mon, 2022-07-04 at 09:12 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >> adduser has been putting newly created 'dynamically allocated system >> users' (adduser --system) into the nogroup group. It is also >> documented to do so. There is an ancient bug report complaining about >> this, and I think this is a valid complaint. However, >> /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.txt.gz says that no files >> should ever be owned by nogroup, making adduser do the right thing in >> its current state. >> >> Can you come up with a better default for users created with adduser >> --system without requesting a dedicated group? > >One idea worth considering, imho, is what the reporter [0] suggests: >make --group the default for --system.
I don't like that idea at all, it'll introduce an avalanche of new groups. That should be in the responsibility of the individual package maintainer. >Sysadmin hat, I can think of situations >where having a dedicated service group is useful (eg. giving r/o access >to logs). We do have the adm group for that. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
