On 28-Nov-00 Statux wrote:
> Well, one must always remember how certain distros like to do things:
> UPGs (User Private Groups) as RH and others use will explain the root
> group. The scheme is to have the uid and gid to match and to be called the
> same thing
not exactly. The idea is to have all personal accounts in their own
separate groups. This leads to everyone needing a uniq group. and from
there it was decided that group names follow user names (though it could have
been something else such as "user: greg, group: group-greg"), or well, you
get the idea. The point is that it is not the case that uid/gid must match.
Nor is it the case that they "must be called the same name". No where in any
file/utility/program/deamon/etc. is this a requirement.
> Personally, I like the old BSD methods with wheel, etc.
you can still have. it is up to the system administrator when they create the
accounts, as to whether they put people in the same group, or uniq groups.
at work, we have a development group, and everyone is assigned that group
(as opposed to their own personal group). This is _not_ a problem.
rgds,
-Greg
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Just a short question. Could anybody tell me what the concept is behind
>> having both a root and a wheel group? In *BSD the wheel group is what (RH)
>> linux calls the root group. Why the extra group?
>>
>> Bye,
>>
>> Leonard.
>>
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