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

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------- Additional Comments From roland.mainz at nrubsig.org  2004-03-31 11:17 -------
Damien Miller wrote:
> I don't think this feature is warranted. 

Really ? See my previous comments. At some point all Unix tools should be fixed
to allow proper usage of group mechanism. If OpenSSH would be skipped then this
would be really a big loss... ;-(

> It probably would require a protocol extension to work correctly, would add
> further complexity and bloat to the client and server and can be worked around
> in other ways.

I disagree that this would be "bloat". You would only implement support for an
existing Unix feature which is now going to be used more extensively.

> 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.



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