Does `a "group" option and adding a "group" option' a meaningless repeatition?

Andreas Metzler ametzler at bebt.de
Tue Sep 12 18:04:09 BST 2023


On 2023-09-10 RL via Pkg-exim4-users <pkg-exim4-users-wVTzQnVv9Y8Rm1jG9FmulZdwIE86Xf0q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Andreas Metzler <ametzler-4wVjbtCF2hw at public.gmane.org> writes:

> > On 2023-09-10 Regid Ichira via Pkg-exim4-users <pkg-exim4-users-wVTzQnVv9Y8Rm1jG9FmulZdwIE86Xf0q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> Quoting /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz :
[...]
> > A group needs to be defined but it can be done explicitely (group=) or
> > implicitely by setting user= and using the primary group of the user.

> I think this would be just as clear to the reader if the README.Debian
> file said something like "You can do this by setting a "user" and, if a
> different group is required, a "group" option."

That seems to imply that the user has a primary group of the same name.
Which is not necessarily the case.

cu Andreas


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