Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-24 Thread Herbert Xu
Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does it not open the log file before it switches? That ought to work. Not if the log file is mounted over NFS :) PS I was baffled when apache couldn't log over NFS. -- Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-23 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jean Pierre LeJacq) wrote on 22.07.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm not sure if I agree. I maintain the http server, wn, for > debian. At startup, it switches to user nobody. If this policy > is adopted, it could not write to its log file. Does it not open the log file bef

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-23 Thread Jules Bean
On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Philip Hands wrote: > > > Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Philip Hands: > > > > Is nogroup guaranteed never to own any files ? > > > > > > The Policy manual does not guarantee it, but it's the only reason for >

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-22 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Philip Hands wrote: > Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Philip Hands: > > > Is nogroup guaranteed never to own any files ? > > > > The Policy manual does not guarantee it, but it's the only reason for > > the group (and the corresponding user) to exist in the firs

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-22 Thread Jules Bean
On 22 Jul 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Jules" == Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jules> I don't think it would be appropriate to post it to > Jules> debian-devel. It's a policy issue. It belongs here. I > Jules> suppose one could make a concession by posting an update

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-22 Thread Philip Hands
> Hi, > >>"Jules" == Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jules> I don't think it would be appropriate to post it to > Jules> debian-devel. It's a policy issue. It belongs here. I > Jules> suppose one could make a concession by posting an update every > Jules> n weeks to debian-devel

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Jules" == Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jules> I don't think it would be appropriate to post it to Jules> debian-devel. It's a policy issue. It belongs here. I Jules> suppose one could make a concession by posting an update every Jules> n weeks to debian-devel listing recent

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-21 Thread Jules Bean
On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Philip Hands wrote: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lacking a formal process, I would still like to reasonable > > sure that the change indeed is something to which there is no serious > > objection; and that requires, I think, possibly an announcement

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-21 Thread Philip Hands
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lacking a formal process, I would still like to reasonable > sure that the change indeed is something to which there is no serious > objection; and that requires, I think, possibly an announcement on > Debian devel (stating the change, and requ

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Philip" == Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Philip> I certainly don't want to be held responsible for policy, so Philip> am only interested in being the person that says ``If this is Philip> the consensus, I'll type it up for final approval'', just to Philip> avoid the current s

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-21 Thread Philip Hands
> Hi, > >>"Philip" == Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Philip> This seems reasonable. > > Indeed. > > Philip> If no one objects I'll upload a copy of the policy manual > Philip> with this change. > > Could you please set a period where objections may be tallied, > an

Re: nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Philip" == Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Philip> This seems reasonable. Indeed. Philip> If no one objects I'll upload a copy of the policy manual Philip> with this change. Could you please set a period where objections may be tallied, and there is chance to

nouser/nogroup clarification

1998-07-20 Thread Philip Hands
Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Philip Hands: > > Is nogroup guaranteed never to own any files ? > > The Policy manual does not guarantee it, but it's the only reason for > the group (and the corresponding user) to exist in the first place. > Actually, the Policy manual doesn't even me