Re: reasoning behind default primary group being user

2011-01-01 Thread Alexander Hall
On 12/31/10 14:31, Joel Rees wrote: > Okay, that's dated after the freeze for 4.8, so this is not just a PPC issue. > Okay, that's dated after the freeze for 4.8? so this is not just a PPC issue. > And it's taken care of already. FWIW, distrib/miniroot/install.sh is not machine dependant.

Re: reasoning behind default primary group being user

2010-12-31 Thread Joel Rees
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:59:48 -0800 patrick keshishian wrote: > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > > Hmm. (cross-posting to ppc@) > > > > [...] > > But, I thought I'd check the source to see which was being invoked in the > install script (neither), and I discovered something od

Re: reasoning behind default primary group being user

2010-12-30 Thread patrick keshishian
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > Hmm. (cross-posting to ppc@) > > Something's odd, here. > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:54:16 -0500 > Ted Unangst wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:19 AM, Joel Rees wrote: >> > I noticed when the installer created my first non-root (erg, first

Re: reasoning behind default primary group being user

2010-12-30 Thread Joel Rees
Hmm. (cross-posting to ppc@) Something's odd, here. On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:54:16 -0500 Ted Unangst wrote: > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:19 AM, Joel Rees wrote: > > I noticed when the installer created my first non-root (erg, first > > administration) user, it set the primary group to "user", an

Re: reasoning behind default primary group being user

2010-12-30 Thread Joel Rees
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:59:14 +0200 Gregory Edigarov wrote: > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:50:26 +0200 > Gregory Edigarov wrote: > > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:19:36 +0900 > > Joel Rees wrote: > > > > > [questions about setting up the default group for useradd, etc.] > > adduser will do the work for

Re: reasoning behind default primary group being user

2010-12-30 Thread Ted Unangst
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:19 AM, Joel Rees wrote: > I noticed when the installer created my first non-root (erg, first > administration) user, it set the primary group to "user", and not even to > "staff". > > Later, I added a non-wheel user and it set the primary group there to "user", > as we

Re: reasoning behind default primary group being user

2010-12-30 Thread Gregory Edigarov
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:50:26 +0200 Gregory Edigarov wrote: > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:19:36 +0900 > Joel Rees wrote: > > > I noticed when the installer created my first non-root (erg, first > > administration) user, it set the primary group to "user", and not > > even to "staff". > > > > Later,

Re: reasoning behind default primary group being user

2010-12-30 Thread Gregory Edigarov
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:19:36 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > I noticed when the installer created my first non-root (erg, first > administration) user, it set the primary group to "user", and not > even to "staff". > > Later, I added a non-wheel user and it set the primary group there to > "user", as

reasoning behind default primary group being user

2010-12-30 Thread Joel Rees
I noticed when the installer created my first non-root (erg, first administration) user, it set the primary group to "user", and not even to "staff". Later, I added a non-wheel user and it set the primary group there to "user", as well. So I checked around and found, in usermgmt.conf, that the