[Ace] Question

Theo Larrieu theo at jlab.org
Fri May 21 14:29:55 EDT 2010


Group games appears to be a default group that comes with redhat linux.  
It's not coming from NIS, but in the default local /etc/group file.  It 
maps to gid 20.

I'm not sure why the files below are being set to that gid, but I doubt 
it's anything nefarious.

-Theo

Brian Bevins wrote:
> Jonathan,
>
> I've never seen that either. I'm passing this on to the ACE team. 
> Hopefully somebody knows what this means.
>
> --Brian
>
> Jonathan Creel wrote:
>> Brian
>> This snap shot is from directory "/a/chluser/opshome/burt/allsnap ".
>> Do you know what group "games" is? Robert Norton was trying to mod 
>> one of these files and could not because of permissions issues.
>> I dont recall every seeing group "games" before. ?
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Jonathan Creel
>> Cryogenic Electrical and Control Systems Manager
>> Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
>> Phone (757)269-5925
>
>
> -- 
> Brian S. Bevins, PE
> Computer Scientist / Mechanical Engineer
> Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
>
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