> -----Original Message----- > From: Steven J. Yellin [mailto:yellin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:27 AM > To: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike) > Subject: Re: /etc/group Question > > > 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". I understand the default behaviour, however, so it's definite that without copy/paste the system won't be able to recognise that everyone in Group1 are also members of Group2. Okay.. I've already done the copy/paste but just asking if it's possible. Thanks. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
