Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 20:01:15 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Charlie ROOT <root@inner.cortx.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/group Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960730195829.2694A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960730120605.19416A-100000@inner.cortx.com>
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On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Charlie ROOT wrote: > I am having a problem with groups in FreeBSD. I have a group 'user' and > i seem to have broke it. I think itsbecause the line buffer in > /etc/group cannot exceed 1024 characters. > > So i tried adding a new group called 'user' also, with different GID but > i get an error when i run the adduser script along wiht other errors. > > ex... > inner /home/staff/costa>adduser > (c) Copyright 1995 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> > Use option ``-silent'' if you don't want see all warnings & questions. > > Check /etc/shells > Check /etc/master.passwd > User news: illegal shell: ``/nonexistent'' > User xten: illegal shell: ``/nonexistent'' > User ftp: illegal shell: ``/dev/null'' > Check /etc/group > Groupname exist twice: user:1109 -> user:101 Of course it should complain if there are two groups with the same name - the mapping between names and IDs should be one to one. > > How do i resolve the problem? Right now i addusers into their own group > (jim:*:1239:jim) and its OK. And you don't want it to stay that way? It does sometimes have some plusses... > Why do you want to keep the users in only one group anyways? How about spliting them between several groups (users1, users2, ...)? Sander > How do i clean up this mess?? > > Thanks in advance! > Costa > > > ==================C=O=R=T=E=X==C=O=M=M=U=N=I=C=A=T=I=O=N=S================== > Costa J Morris - Partner Full Service Internet Access > http://www.cortx.com Interactive CGI Scripting > costa@cortx.com Internet Consulting > 201-567-2297 Web Design > ============================================================================ > > > >
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