The hardships of ownerships

2005-12-29 Thread Kristian Vaaf
Hello! I am trying to arrange my user database properly. I am having a hard time keeping /etc/master.passwd from vipw in sync with /etc/group. It's quite a mystery trying to make them function as one entity. Why are they seperated into two files anyway? My group file has tons of groups that

Re: The hardships of ownerships

2005-12-29 Thread Kristian Vaaf
This is how I want my users layout to look like. Ofcourse I'm afraid to actually commit these changes, since I'm afraid my entire system will break. But there has to be a way to deal with this! # cat /etc/group (imaginary) nobody:*:5: wheel:*:0:root daemon:*:1: operator:*:2:root

The hardships of ownerships (part 3)

2005-12-29 Thread Kristian Vaaf
I cannot RE: my own e-mails? Strange ... Anyway, I had to correct these: -- daemon:*:1: operator:*:2:root kmem:*:3: bin:*:4: tty:*:5: news:*:6: man:*:7: -- daemon:*:1:1::0:0:System Processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin operator:*:2:2::0:0:Operator:/:/usr/sbin/nologin