Re: Question about /etc/group

I think it's just a legacy. Old UNIXes required that you put users
into all groups that they belong to, no matter primary or secondary.

On 7/27/07, David Tonhofer <redhatter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,

I have a simle detail question:

Sometimes users are registered as being secondary members of the group
that is their primary group - why is that so?

For example:

User "uucp" has as primary group the group with gid 14:

uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/sbin/nologin

And group 14 is group "uucp". However, the user is also listed as being
a secondary member of that group:

uucp:x:14:uucp

Which is pretty pointless. Or not?

Best regards,

-- David

--
redhat-list mailing list
unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list



--
Serge Dubrouski.

--
redhat-list mailing list
unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Relevant Pages