adduser and single-user groups

Could someone point me in the direction of enlightenment with regard to the value add of the group per user approach that adduser uses? Is that a FreeBSD thing, or a *BSD thing, or a unix-like-universe thing, or what? Thanks! -- John Lind j...@starfire.mn.org

Re: adduser and single-user groups

Hi, John John wrote: Could someone point me in the direction of enlightenment with regard to the value add of the group per user approach that adduser uses? Is that a FreeBSD thing, or a *BSD thing, or a unix-like-universe thing, or what? If I understand your question correctly, you are

Re: adduser and single-user groups

On 27/01/10 19.05, John wrote: Could someone point me in the direction of enlightenment with regard to the value add of the group per user approach that adduser uses? Is that a FreeBSD thing, or a *BSD thing, or a unix-like-universe thing, or what? Many systems do this AFAIK. IIRC, the point

Re: adduser and single-user groups

John j...@starfire.mn.org writes: Could someone point me in the direction of enlightenment with regard to the value add of the group per user approach that adduser uses? man adduser; about 60 lines in, there is a whole section titled UNIQUE GROUPS. This is the document you want. -- Lowell