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RE: Setup 1.7 2.621


> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 10:33:13 +0200
> From: corinna
> Subject: Re: Setup 1.7 2.621
>
> Looks normal. The group file contains a root group because it gets
> added by the postinstall script. mkgroup does not add that automatically.
> And files group owned by "root" are actually owned by the administrators
> group for hopefully obvious reasons:
>
>> root:S-1-5-32-544:0:
> [...]
>> Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544:
>
>
So what is the root group for and why is it added?
 
Thanks,
 
...Karl
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