[Bug 826] RFE: scp and ssh should have an option to set the group-id at login time

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http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=826





------- Additional Comments From roland.mainz at nrubsig.org  2004-03-31 12:20 -------
Ben Lindstrom wrote:
> >> Why not make a little "newgrp" replacement that does what you want and 
> >> stick 
> >> in in your shell initialisation?
> >
> > Because there is no proper way to make such a "newgrp" replacement without 
> >huge
> >pain. Such a wrapper MAY work in small lab environments but I doubt that a
> >portable solution can easily be written.
>
> So if there is "no proper way" to do it outside of OpenSSH... Yet you think 
> that there is a proper way to do it within OpenSSH.   You got to be joking.  
> Give me a break.

I said "no proper way ... without huge pain", not "no proper way". Yes, it is
possible to do it but it isn't an easy task to do it.

> If you want this... Implement it and use it yourself.  Otherwise write a SSH
> draft to support this and
> get the IETF to approve it.  I think we've all wasted enough time on this. 

I have to report the feedback from this list back to the task force first. And
yes, it seems we have to go to the IETF directly (but that wouldn't be my job
then...).



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