I think it's just a legacy. Old UNIXes required that you put users into all groups that they belong to, no matter primary or secondary. On 7/27/07, David Tonhofer <redhatter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a simle detail question: > > Sometimes users are registered as being secondary members of the group > that is their primary group - why is that so? > > For example: > > User "uucp" has as primary group the group with gid 14: > > uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/sbin/nologin > > And group 14 is group "uucp". However, the user is also listed as being > a secondary member of that group: > > uucp:x:14:uucp > > Which is pretty pointless. Or not? > > Best regards, > > -- David > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Serge Dubrouski. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
