Subject: Re: bin/11047: newgrp is missing
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 04/26/2002 21:23:37
In article <15561.39263.353072.936734@balin.timn8r.org>,
Tim Bandy <bandy@timn8r.org> wrote:
>>>>>> "Christos" == Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com> writes:
> Christos> On Apr 26, 11:55am, bandy@timn8r.org (Tim Bandy) wrote:
> Christos> -- Subject: Re: [netbsd]: bin/11047: newgrp is missing
> Christos>
> Christos> Tim, that still does not mean that newgrp(1) will not be
> Christos> re-surrected. What it means is that the password
> Christos> feature of it will not be resurrected. I think a
> Christos> utility to switch primary groups is probably needed
> Christos> anyway, and according to POSIX newgrp should be there (I
> Christos> have not checked, that's what other people said).
>
>Great. I'll work on this some more, then. I'll just rip out the
>group passwd checking bit. I'd hate to write something which posed a
>security risk.
just #ifdef it out.
christos