Hi, On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 05:00:00PM -0600, gn643202 wrote: > What is the purpose and intent of the Group "users", GID #100? > > Is this to be populated with all normal users?
For some admin, yes. Is this default for normal Debian: no > I have such a purpose, but not sure whether to use Group "users" or > create a new Group (like "everyone") for that purpose. I do assume > that some files are created by the system with the Group "users" since > it is a standard Group. There is "nogroup" too :-) > I did notice if you do not have a User added to the Group Users, then > he does not have access automatically. There are other way to allow user to gain member of users. PAM. Check and read /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.html and pam_group(5). dpkg -L libpam-modules|grep man -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
