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From: ntm1569@dsacg3.UUCP (Jeff Roth)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Setting up groups
Message-ID: <491@dsacg3.UUCP>
Date: 14 Dec 87 22:04:42 GMT
References: <4718@well.UUCP> <299@dlag1.UUCP>
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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Summary: group of directory determines group of file

In article <299@dlag1.UUCP>, fm06222@dlag1.UUCP (Bill Wallace) writes
re: group field in passwd entry:

>       This doesn't actually assign the user to a group.  It is used when
> the user creates a file.  The group associated with that file will be the
> one in the /etc/passwd entry....

Under BSD (at least) the file gets the group id of the _directory_ in
which it is created.
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