On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Ansgar Burchardt <ans...@43-1.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Alexey Salmin <alexey.sal...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hello! /etc/group in default debain installation contains dozens of >> groups and I'm wondering: how to determine their purpose? Which >> package did some specific group came from? What purpose does it serve? > > Users and groups that are not created on package installation are > documented in the base-passwd package. For example, for the ssh group > you mention it contains the following information: > > ssh: ssh-agent is setgid to ssh in order to prevent ptrace attacks. > > Regards, > Ansgar > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87aaurt1g1....@marvin.43-1.org > >
Thanks a lot! Didn't know that. Just wondering: why there are so many users and groups which are not created on package installation? Alexey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87a8dc11003020334x81e7682kb6967ac6977bc...@mail.gmail.com
