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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:20:59 +0100
From: uriel@cat-v.org
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Subject: [9fans] Re: wiki changes
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>> I don't think I ever created the /adm/keys file and it all "just
>> worked", /adm is mode 775 adm:sys and the user is assumed to be in
>> group sys, so it should not be a problem, I think.  But my picture of
>> how all this fits together is not very clear, so probably I got
>> something wrong.
> 
> i thought adm was mode 775 adm:adm.
> that's what the proto file says. 
Not in any of the systems I have here, and I have never touched them (one is a fresh install
from a couple of weeks ago):

% ls -ld /adm
d-rwxrwxr-x M 8 adm sys 0 Feb 4 07:44 /adm

What is the purpose for the adm user/group?  Shouldn't sys be enough?
I'm probably missing something obviously.

uriel