Re: [Cpu-users] Group Changes and CPU 1.4.1-RC1

[Blake M. <bma...@pu...>]

This is implemented in CVS. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm in the process of
writing some regression tests with DejaGnu which will likely be the last bit
to go into 1.4.1 unless there are bug reports.

-Blake

Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?
>
> ...snip... 
> 
> In Debian, there is /etc/adduser.conf, which contains
> 
> --- snip ---
> # The USERGROUPS variable can be either "yes" or "no".  If "yes" each
> # created user will be given their own group to use as a default, and
> # their home directories will be g+s.  If "no", each created user will
> # be placed in the group whose gid is USERS_GID (see below).
> USERGROUPS=yes
>                                                                                 
> # If USERGROUPS is "no", then USERS_GID should be the GID of the group
> # `users' (or the equivalent group) on your system.
> USERS_GID=100
> --- snap ---
> 
> I would suggest to do it in a similar manner, so that the user can make
> the choice. For example, AFAIR the default on SuSE-Linux is to have a
> group 'users' set to every user's primary group, while the default in
> Debian is to give each user his own group with uid=gid.
> 
> ...snip... 
>

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