I don't see much point in user private groups, but I wouldn't put
everyone in "users" either. The primary question is, who do they
need to share files with?

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> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:27 AM
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> Subject: [Linux] Groups
>
>
> Linux groups are not our MPE groups... but how important are they, for
> vanilla users?
>
> By trial and error (and I am reading USAH 3rd Edition, the
> purple one), I
> noticed that if I:
> # /usr/sbin/adduser -c "Test user" -d /home/testuser testuser
> I get a new group, also named testuser, with testuser as its
> sole member. I
> deleted the user, which does not delete the group. And I
> added it again:
> # /usr/sbin/adduser -c "Test user" -d /home/testuser -G users testuser
> and testuser is a member of users, but not testuser. That's
> probably just
> fine.
>
> Is there a real advantage, especially for a normal user, to
> belonging to its
> very own eponymous group? Am I likely to want to add group attributes,
> solely for one user? Or, on the assumption that I am going to
> later want
> another user very much like this first one?
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com
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