Re: Man page owner

2005-11-20 Thread Rich Walker
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 08:40:17PM +, Rich Walker wrote: > >> This is probably a question with an obvious answer, but I couldn't find >> the answer. > >> Why are man pages installed with owner and group "root" rather than >> owner and group "man"?

Re: Man page owner

2005-11-20 Thread Stuart Yeates
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 08:40:17PM +, Rich Walker wrote: > > > This is probably a question with an obvious answer, but I couldn't find > > the answer. > > > Why are man pages installed with owner and group "root" rat

Re: Man page owner

2005-11-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 08:40:17PM +, Rich Walker wrote: > This is probably a question with an obvious answer, but I couldn't find > the answer. > Why are man pages installed with owner and group "root" rather than > owner and group "man"? Why would "man" need write access to the man pages?

Man page owner

2005-11-20 Thread Rich Walker
Hi, This is probably a question with an obvious answer, but I couldn't find the answer. Why are man pages installed with owner and group "root" rather than owner and group "man"? cheers, Rich. -- rich walker | Shadow Robot Company | [EMAIL PROTECTED] technical director 251 Live