** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952636
Title:
No GUI-based group management feature beginning 12.04.
Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
New
Bug description:
**Workaround**
Install gnome-system-tools
to have again users and groups as before
While I was rather frustrated with the fact there was no ACL-based
feature within Ubuntu/Linux to allow certain users to have certain
access to folders, I worked around it with the group feature. In a
perfect world, I would be able to say "Bob, Jim, Frank, read+write
access to /media/public", but I cannot do that because there is no ACL
based feature. (Hate to say it, but see OSX "get info" for an idea).
To work around it, I've just created a new group and added Bob, Jim,
and Frank to that group, then added that group to /media/public or
whichever folder I'm targeting.
It seems as if that functionality has been removed in 12.04....
really? Why would we remove needed features such as this from the GUI
that was just fine the way it was?
In closing - I'd really like to see that group management feature
back. Several users I've spoken to just within the last 15 minutes
alone have shared similar frustration. It was so easy to use... But in
a perfect world, the ACL idea would be nothing short of amazing to
see...
Thank you for your time!
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