Oh, sorry, I was misled by the previous comment -- the original intent of this bug was apparently to put the first user into the 'staff' group. Since this group does not really have a purpose, I reject this bug.
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Rejected -- /usr/local permissions (or membership of staff) https://launchpad.net/bugs/11196 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs