On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 10:07:13AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > Why do it that way around instead of ownership root.news, mode 0640? > That way a program running as group news would be able to read it, > but modifications would remain restricted to root.
No particular reason other than that that's what I inherited when I took over the package (IIRC). I'll give that a spin - I think everything runs with appropriate rights. [Cutting out most of the CCs] -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever."