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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Files in /usr/X11R6 with group owner 10?
Date: 22 May 1997 10:43:09 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5lvcnb$1si$1@masklin.robin.de>,
andreas@marvin.robin.de (Andreas Lohr) writes:
> Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com> wrote:
>> I just noticed the same problem today.
>> Did you sent a note to the hacker's mailing list?
>
> No, I didn't. It's not a real problem, just a minor cosmetic issue
> which is easy to fix using find(1) and friends. I have just wondered
> why the installation procedure creates the files with a non-existent
> group owner.
If it's of any interest, building the XFree86 port creates things
as root.wheel (AFAICT).
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !