On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:51, David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On or about Thursday 14 May 2009 at approximately 07:23:37 Damjan Georgievski > composed: >> > (2) Add yourself to the wheel group in /etc/group. Example, in >> > /etc/group: >> > >> > wheel::10:root,david >> >> it's best not to edit the file by hand. >> You can use the "usermod -G wheel -a david" command for that. > > Hmm Damjan, > > I may have been doing it wrong for a while now ( about 9 years ). My > understanding was the only sudo related file you should not edit by hand > was /etc/sudoers and that is why we have visudo. I haven't heard that > editing /etc/group by hand would cause problems. In fact, that is the way I > keep my GIDs the same between installs. I just have my normal groups and > users copied from my original /etc/group that I copy to all new installs. > (that about 10 groups with about 12 users sprinkled between the groups) I've > never had a problem. > > What is the concern with editing /etc/group by hand? The group man page > doesn't even reference usermod as a way to manipulate group associations. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com > You can use vigr for this, and similarly vipw
