On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Simple question.
>
> in the /etc/group file, have something like this
>
> Group1:userA,userB,userC
> Group2:userD
>
> If Some Group2 is a subset of Group1, can I put this in
>
> Group2:userD,Group1
>
> I'm just looking for a shortcut so that I don't have to
> type (okay copy/paste) the users from Group1 to Group2.
>
I think you should copy/paste. I see nothing wrong with having a user
with the same name as a group. So any reasonable software that makes use
of /etc/group can be expected to interpret
Group1:userA,userB,userC
Group2:userD,Group1
to mean that the users named "userD" and "Group1" are in the group named
"Group2", and are not necessarily in the group named "Group1" (unless
/etc/passwd specifies that they are), while the users named "userA",
"userB", and "userC" are in the group named "Group1", and are not
necessarily in the group named "Group2".
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Steven Yellin
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