On Thu Jun 21 2007 at 18:11:21 +0300, Elad Efrat wrote:
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Add the newgrp(1) utility, which changes effective group ID. This
is a POSIX (IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 / Open Group Base Specifications
Issue 6) User Portability Utility.
where was this proposed?
It's an utility for POSIX compliance as indicated. Are you seriously
suggesting we should have a discussion for every change towards POSIX
compliance?
As a purely personal remark, I'm glad we finally have newgrp(1), as I've
missed it on a couple occasions.