On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > That's what BSD just does - see open(2):
> > >
> > > When a new file is created it is given the group of the directory which
> > > contains it.
> >
> > That's pretty weird (but quite correct). Just checked on NetBSD and found
> > the same. I would have expected this behaviour only if the SGID bit was set,
> > not by default.
>
> It's always been the BSD behavior. Solaris and and some other SVR4
> systems do the sgid thing in order to make the BSD behavior possible.
There is US government regulation requiring this behavior in certain
government systems. The Missed 'em V behavior was created for this.
David Scheidt
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