From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 10:38:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CCAC37B405 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:38:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9EA543F75 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:38:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h6VHc0cU027983 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:38:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h6VHc01B027978; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:38:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:37:59 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: "Alvaro Rosales R." Message-ID: <20030731173759.GI23108@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , "Alvaro Rosales R." , questions@freebsd.org References: <3F290AFE.6476.E87B3D@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dMdWWqg3F2Dv/qfw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F290AFE.6476.E87B3D@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: groups X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:38:18 -0000 --dMdWWqg3F2Dv/qfw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 12:26:38PM -0500, Alvaro Rosales R. wrote: > Hi guys is it posible to create a group that can have 2 users and 2=20 > groups of 5 users each inside it ?. I mean >=20 > group1: member1, member2.....menber5 > group2: member21, member22.....menber25 > group3: user1, user2,group2, group1. > thanks for your help If you're talking about /etc/groups (see the group(5) man page), then no -- group members can't be other groups. You'll have to add each user to all of the groups they should be a member of individually. However the syntax of the example you give looks more like /etc/mail/aliases (aliases(5)) -- in that case, yes, you can chain mail aliases together in exactly this way. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --dMdWWqg3F2Dv/qfw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/KVP3dtESqEQa7a0RAofTAJwLMkGPhsrMl0bcq3MefgU9ypF5/gCdEzJa p7lNxUSbeBOSae0gTffNem0= =besb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dMdWWqg3F2Dv/qfw--