On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:20:12AM -0600, Ray wrote: > we have multiple machines here running debian, and to try to save bandwidth i > followed the instructions for setting up rsyncing a debian mirror. while > looking at it i noticed a few odd things, i don't know if they are a problem > or should be of any concern. several of the folders are setgid (if i'm > reading it correctly). is this how it should be and why does it need to be > setgid? (or am i reading it wrong and its something else, but whatever, its > something other then the read/write/execute flags) > > like these in the /debian/ > drwxrwsr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 15 13:52 doc
Yep, those are sgid directories, just as you'd thought. On a directory, sgid causes newly-created items with the directory to default to ownership by the directory's group rather than the creator's group. e.g., If I were a member of group root, I would be able to create files in /debian/doc (since it's group writable), but they would be owned by esper.root (the directory's group) instead of esper.esper (my default group) like they would be if I created them in, say, /tmp or another non-sgid directory. (Note that home directories are sgid by default in debian, also.) -- The freedoms that we enjoy presently are the most important victories of the White Hats over the past several millennia, and it is vitally important that we don't give them up now, only because we are frightened. - Eolake Stobblehouse (http://stobblehouse.com/text/battle.html) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
