On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:59:20 +0200, Carlo Calica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 4/24/07, Lucas C. Villa Real <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> While checking the bugs reported by Peter I noticed that useradd (the
>> one from Shadow package, invoked by AddUser) automatically creates a
>> group with the same name as the username supplied in the command line.
>> Is that really needed, as we have the 'users' group common to
>> everyone? I would vote for removing it, but I'd just like to hear your
>> opinion first.
>>
>
> I say keep it.  Groups are cheap.
>
Why is it used? What is the advantage of having one group per user?  
Especially when groups can't be members of other groups.

-- 
/Jonas

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