Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 16:00:56 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Ichthyroid <jobooker@vt.edu> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Chapter 6.8: groups Message-ID: <20010708230056.B29C73E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <3B48E315.CA61F725@vt.edu>; from jobooker@vt.edu on "Sun, 08 Jul 2001 18:47:49 -0400"
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Ichthyroid <jobooker@vt.edu> writes: > With regard to: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users-groups.html > > in Example 6-8, the output shows jru is a member of teamteo, a > misspelling of teamtwo. Fixed, thanks! > Also > "The argument to the -M is a comma-delimited list of users who are > members of the group. If you've read the preceeding sections, you'll > know that the password file also contains a group for each user; the > group in the password file is automatically added to the group list by > the system and will not (should not) appear in the list of members when > using pw(8) to query group membership." > > I don't quite understand this, but I take it to mean that if user jru is > specified to be in group jru from his password file, then if you "pw > groupshow jru" then jru will not be listed. If this is right, you may > want to clarify the sentence. When you say "will not appear" it refers > to the group. But I *think* you mean the USER will not appear. Either > way, it's a confusing paragraph. Agreed. How about this: "The argument to the -M option is a comma-delimited list of users who are members of the group. If you've read the preceeding sections, you will know that the password file also contains a group for each user. The latter (the user) is automatically added to the group list by the system; the user will not show up as a member when using the groupshow command to pw(8), but will show up when the information is queried via id(1) or similar tool." > Anywany, thanks for providing the documentation! > John Booker > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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