---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 31-Dec-2006 19:43 Subject: Re: what is operator group for? To: Chris Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 31/12/06, Chris Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all I sent this once already but didn't see it come back, sorry if it has appeared twice.
AFAIK it has only come up once, so that's OK. can anyone tell me what the operator group is for, or docs where I can
read about it? I see that /sbin/shutdown and /sbin/mk_snap_ffs are both executable by members and various things in /dev/ are mountable by them.
Originally things were set up that way so that people in the "operator" group could mount disks and tapes, shut the machine off, etc. root would do the system administration itself (removing rootkits, etc.) Well, when I say "originally" I mean "when the operator group was added to the system". I don't think it existed in early versions of UNIX. Jeff -- Now, did you hear the news today? They say the danger's gone away But I can hear the marching feet Moving into the street Adapted from Genesis, "Land of Confusion" http://latedeveloperbasketcase.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
