Hi,

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:28:57 +0200
Jarry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Does /usr/bin/man really have to have SGID-bit on? Why?

For caching the rendered man pages for all users, IMHO.

> I just checked one debian-box, where /usr/bin/man is without SGID...

On debian, if configured to be chatty when installing packages, one is
asked upon installation of the "man" package if it should be set SGID.

-hwh
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