--- Don Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since I'm in a posting mood, I'm going to list another > minor annoyance/pet peeve thing. > > There's 4 groups on my system, not added by me, that are > GID 500 or greater. 500 and up is my user GID space. I > usually move 500+ and up from /etc/group and /etc/passwd > from system to system when I upgrade, so my users don't > have to change their passwords and such. So I have a > few GIDs.. 500, 501, 502, 503.. that are now duplicated > because some RPM added groups without using the 100-400 > range. Can these please get fixed? > > nogroup:x:500: > xgrp:x:501:xfs > ntools:x:502: > ctools:x:503: > > > Not sure where they're coming from, but hopefully someone > will recognize them. I don't know the RPM (linuxconf?) but do know that some files in the user home space /home/<username> get assigned these ntools and ctools groups. It freaked-me-out the first time I saw them - thought I had been rooted. But this brings up a general problem with users and groups: There is no information provided ( in userdrake ) about who or what created the user or group. I think there should be such a tracking mechanism built-in and _easily_ available that simply states ''Created by <x> from <z> on <yy.mm.dd>'', but I do not know how to add this functionality. It's probably easy and I am just too dumb/inexperienced to know about it.:( <z> should be the program/script that wrote the files -> created the user or group. This could enhance security, I think, especially if the <z> info was kept in a couple of 'protected' locations. Hav A Great Day! rj Linux: Get it. Use it. Improve it. =================================== > Don Head > SAIR LCA, CIW-P, Network+, A+ > > Linux and A+ Mentor [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Content Developer [ 1 314 692-1942 ] > Wave Technologies, Inc. [ 1 800 826-4640 x1942 ] > [ AIM - Don Wave ] [ ICQ - 18804935 ] [ Yahoo - Don_Wave ] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices! http://auctions.yahoo.com/
