private group administration

[Les Mikesell]

Colin Walters wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Matthew Woehlke
> <mw_triad at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>> If 'chmod g+w file;chgrp foo file' is too much work then there should be a
>> command that can do both.
> 
> Groups are broken.  Use access control lists: "man setfacl"

Groups have never been broken.  Access control lists let you set up a 
mishmash of exceptions that nobody can understand or recreate and not 
all tools understand them when making copies or backups or working 
across different platforms.

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   Les Mikesell
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