On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:51:10 -0700 Krims G <krimskr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I've been looking at the /etc/group and have noticed that some > groups have root included in them, for example "operator". Is it not > implied that root has access to all things and groups? What is the purpose > of adding root to a group? If I add root to some new arbitrary group, what > does it result in differently than if I do not add root to that group? The root user has the ability to ignore file permissions, but not the ability to subvert group membership tests in scripts or programs. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"