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From: Maxim Kammerer <mk@×××.su>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Do we need games group and all that game prefixes?
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 17:17:59
Message-Id: CAHsXYDBgBjwQkYjJLfEh__qSMRhiM+CkkDSz9TB_FrJqQCCpAg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Do we need games group and all that game prefixes? by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 > - changing ownership and permissions of all the files.
3
4 As a side note: why is /usr/games owned by uid "games"? Does
5 games_pkg_setup() in games.eclass do that? What's the point of user
6 "games" (as opposed to group with same name)?
7
8 > Do we really need all of this poor man's 'you shall not play our
9 > games'? I don't think we're using anything like /usr/office & office
10 > group, or /usr/random-programs-i-dont-like.
11
12 Games are rather unique in that they sometimes keep scores across
13 multiple users.
14
15 > Random obscurity only makes things harder. And proves no point unless
16 > we're going to ensure that all web browsers, ssh clients and other
17 > applications in danger of being used to play games.
18
19 Sometimes users do not have Internet access or even ability to connect
20 removable media.
21
22 --
23 Maxim Kammerer
24 Liberté Linux (discussion / support: http://dee.su/liberte-contribute)

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