group membership checking is up to the particular file server. if it doesn't implement it, it wont be enforced.
-Skip On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Benjamin Huntsman <bhunts...@mail2.cu-portland.edu> wrote: > I probably need to go read the papers regarding permissions 10 more times, > but this just doesn't seem right to me. I'm logged in as 'ben' via > drawterm: > > cpu% cat /adm/users > adm:adm:adm:sys,bootes,ben > ben:ben::adm,sys > bootes:bootes::ben > glenda:glenda:glenda: > none:none:: > noworld:noworld:: > sys:sys::glenda,bootes,ben > upas:upas:: > cpu% ls -l /dev/sd00 | grep nvram > --rw-r----- S 0 bootes bootes 512 Mar 7 2010 /dev/sd00/nvram > cpu% cat /dev/sd00/nvram > cat: can't open /dev/sd00/nvram: '/dev/sd00/nvram' permission denied > cpu% > > Does that not say that if I'm a member of the bootes group, I should be > able to cat that? > > Thanks in advance for not flogging me with the manual, and forgiveness > for spending too much time in UNIX-land lately! :) > > -Ben > >
