Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:20:56 +0800 From: lveax <lveax.m@gmail.com> To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I can't see my user name in `pw group show wheel` Message-ID: <576dcbc20612220020n108d5762occ78bd3c5f2abbce@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <458AC50C.7030206@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <576dcbc20612201323y24905c64u844d56312356af38@mail.gmail.com> <458AC50C.7030206@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 12/22/06, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > lveax wrote: > > hey all. > > > > i found a problem just now. > > i added this user(in wheel group)with sysinstall when i install freebsd. > > > > $ id > > uid=1001(user) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel), 5(operator), 69(network) > > > > $ pw group show wheel > > wheel:*:0:root > > > > i can't see it in the wheel group users list? > > > > but when i add a new user with adduser,it will in the list. > > That's because you've made 'wheel' the primary group for that > user, which is probably not exactly what you intended. > > The primary group is defined in /etc/master.passwd -- the gid > number is put into the third field. Eg: consider the standard > system user bin: > > happy-idiot-talk:~:% id bin > uid=3(bin) gid=7(bin) groups=7(bin) > happy-idiot-talk:~:% pw group show bin > bin:*:7: > happy-idiot-talk:~:% pw user show bin > bin:*:3:7::0:0:Binaries Commands and Source:/:/usr/sbin/nologin > ^ > ^ > > No UIDs are listed as members of group bin in /etc/group, but the > bin user has bin as their primary group deom the password file. > > adduser probably does the common trick of creating a user and a group > of the same name -- in fact, pw(8) will also do precisely that unless > you specify a primary group using the '-g' flag. Use the '-G' flag > instead to specify other groups for the user to belong to. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW > > > > thank you but i find an exception? $ id root uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel), 5(operator) root's primary group is wheel and root is in the list?
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