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 jpc@jaycrews.com -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
