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Re: Call for votes (was: Bug#484841: staff group root equivalence)



On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 06:55:01PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:

> I'm calling on votes now for these three options (the last one isn't a
> proposal, but by default in the option set). According to the
> consitution, the voting periode last for up to one week, or until the
> outcome is no longer in doubt.

> | 1. Keep /usr/local writeable by group staff (i.e. leave things as they
> | are).

> | 2. Decide to change the default so that /usr/local is not writeable by
> | group staff anymore. This change should only be implemented after an
> | appropriate transition plan exists which enables system administrators
> | to maintain the ability of group staff to write to /usr/local.
> | (Reasons for the change are the adaption of other tools like sudo on
> | most sites, and the concept of "least surprise" for novice users.)

> | 3. Further discussion.

I vote: 2 1 3

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it's really me. :-)

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