> I've got these groups after update to beta2:
>
> xgrp (504, with user xfs), ntools (505), ctools (506).
>
> But during install of xfs it is complaining of missing group xfs.
> And what is ntools, ctools?
I brought this up over a month ago, apparently it hasn't
been fixed yet. I haven't figured out which packages
tweak this, so I haven't reported it as a bug to a
particular package maintainer. A few responses led me to
believe it has something to do with msec and adjusting
your security level. I've attached the most helpful
response below. Could someone at Mandrake please fix
this? I shouldn't have to fix a problem like this, but I
have to because it screws with my NIS users/groups if I
don't; I already have people/files with UID/GID's in the
500's!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leon Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 8:55 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Annoying groups added to system (how to fix)
>
>
> Don Head 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.
>
> You appear to have installed developer packages and/or upped your
> security level after the install.
>
> Move them by editing /etc/group by hand, then use find with chgrp to fix
> any files they own (OOO is old groupid, NNN is new, and I'm guessing
> this syntax, try it first with echo instead of chgrp to see what happens):
>
> find / -path /home -prune -o -group OOO -exec chgrp NNN {} \;
Don Head
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