From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 31 07:46:48 2004 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 828D116A4CE for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 07:46:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE24943D41 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 07:46:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i4VEkUi2003268 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 31 May 2004 15:46:31 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i4VEkU70003267; Mon, 31 May 2004 15:46:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 15:46:30 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Scott Gerhardt Message-ID: <20040531144630.GB65687@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Scott Gerhardt , FreeBSD References: <10DD7B4C-B310-11D8-8913-000393801C60@g-it.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <10DD7B4C-B310-11D8-8913-000393801C60@g-it.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040525, clamav-milter version 0.71 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: FreeBSD 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: Mon, 31 May 2004 14:46:48 -0000 --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 08:37:39AM -0600, Scott Gerhardt wrote: > To simplify administration for some temporary groups I would like to=20 > make a group a member of an existing group. >=20 > The question is: Can a group be made a member of a group, i.e. nested=20 > groups? >=20 > There is nothing in the documentation that says that a group can or=20 > cannot be made a member of a group. Unfortunately that doesn't work with the regular Unix /etc/groups file -- it's only users that can belong to groups. Same goes for things like NIS if you're using that. You might be able to achieve that effect if you're using LDAP, but you'ld have to put a bit of effort into finding out exactly how. The one place where this sort of trick does work is with mail aliases. 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 --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAu0VGiD657aJF7eIRAj7bAJ48IaNmm4BVdnDHhctWtdy5N68OPACfeCsK e6PiuvqBmiShZ6nodVy6FB0= =55qx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4--