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[John Dalbec <address@concealed>]

Rene Pfeiffer wrote:

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> On Oct 10, 2003 at 1114 -0400, John Dalbec appeared and said:
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> > Why does this file need to be gid sympa?
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> Because the user sympa needs write access to it in order to create new
> lists (for example when lists are created by the web interface).

The user sympa has write access anyway since it is uid sympa.  Why does 
/etc/mail/sympa_aliases need to be gid sympa (which grants read-only 
access to members of the "sympa" group)?  Does apache need to read it?
Thanks,
John Dalbec
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