Re: User groups

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On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 13:33:13 -0800 (PST), Jay Crews wrote:

> 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.

Note the -n option. :)

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