/etc/group Question 2004-04-21 - By Ow Mun Heng
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> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: Steven J. Yellin [mailto:yellin@(protected)]
> 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.
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