Neat tip. I try to be cautious with CAPs, so I have to wonder if there
is another way to do this.

But why are group password to be avoided?

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>From:  Gilles Schipper[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Sunday, May 11, 1997 10:01 PM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: [HP3000-L] Home groups & security
>
>If you use GL capability, as suggested earlier - you don't need group
>passwords - and that's what's so great about GL.
>
>So, by assigning each group security as follows:
>
>(R,L,X,W,A,S:GL)
>
>and giving all users GL capablity, you have the security you need without
>the nuisance associated with group password maintenance (you were going to
>regularly change the group passwords, weren't you?)
>
>This is due to the very useful aspect of GL, which is that one can only be
>GL with respect to one's own home group.  Once you stray from your home
>group, you lose your GL capability. Of course the AM user has access to all
>files in the account.
>
>Having group passwords should be avoided - and can be with the judicious
>use of GL.
>
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