newgrp(1) - inconsistent

Robert Berlinger naftoli at aecom.UUCP
Wed Jul 25 04:33:19 AEST 1984


Why were such pains taken to make the newgrp(1) command overlay
the current shell?  It seems to me that it's more natural to have it
fork off a seperate shell just like su(1) does.  In fact, I prefer
it that way.  Anyone else have any comments?
-- 
Robert Berlinger
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