Subject: Re: changing default user from bin:bin to root:wheel
To: Luke Mewburn <lm@cs.rmit.edu.au>
From: Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@quick.com.au>
List: tech-security
Date: 02/21/1998 12:00:34
>BECAUSE `bin' MUST DIE!!!

>seriously, if we going to get rid of uid bin i'd get rid of gid bin.
>our NFS export can map out groups to nobody as well, and since a lot
>of the directories are already group wheel i figured we go for
>consistency.

Umm, I have no problem with removing any use of bin:bin, but I
don't consider that the same as needing to remove them from /etc/group 
etc.  I think that would make us less compatible for little gain.

--sjg