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Re: Preventing Read Access to a File
From: |
Paul Sander |
Subject: |
Re: Preventing Read Access to a File |
Date: |
Wed, 8 Feb 2006 20:47:41 -0800 |
Unfortunately, the newgrp command isn't available on many system,
particularly BSD-based systems that don't have one of the popular
shadow password packages installed. Re-introduction as a native
utility does not seem to be a priority.
On Feb 8, 2006, at 3:29 PM, Wiest, Damian wrote:
Why not just use the UNIX group permissions system? One downside is
that,
depending on your policy, users may have to remember to issue the
newgrp(1)
command.
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