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diff --git a/bugs/restore-gid-when-possible.mdwn b/bugs/restore-gid-when-possible.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 4213b2f..0000000 --- a/bugs/restore-gid-when-possible.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -It is sometimes possible for a non-root to restore group ids (when obnam -process is in the group already). Should obnam try to do that? (Based -on suggestion from Gonéri Le Bouder.) --liw - -Seems like obnam should just try to restore whatever it has, and produce an error if it can't.-- Josh - -GNU Tar has the same issue. I should probably make Obnam have the same behavior as tar. I -expect that'll give people the fewest nasty surprises. Now I just need to figure out what tar does. --liw - -GNU Tar does not restore the group even if the user is in the group, -unless the user is root. I will keep this behavior with Obnam, since -it should be the least risky surprise: there is the least chance of -a privilege escalation from this. --liw - -[[done]] |