Listman writes....
> 
> When I create a new user, by default the user belongs to a group of the same
> name.  Why is this?  It seems to me that having a group for every single

It's for securty, and yes it probably is a little overkill.

> user is overkill.  Id like to have all users belong to a 'users' group and
> then more priviledged users belong to an 'admin type group'. 

Read the man page for 'adduser'.  Note the -g and -G options.

> 
> My question is, can I delete the user groups that have the same name us
> users?  Thanks in advance. 

That's going to be a pain.
You're going to have the change groups for the files already created.  And not
all are in $HOME.  ie /var/spool/mail

You said, "When I create a new user......."
You mean "a" user as in one user?
Do the easy thing.  Just delete the user, and re-create it with
the proper -g and -G options.

FAR easier!

-- Jay Crews
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