From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 25 08:39:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA14829 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:39:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from flarn.dyn.ml.org (usr228.third-wave.com [147.72.122.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA14821 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:38:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mph@flarn.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from mph@localhost) by flarn.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA05566; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:28:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mph) Message-ID: <19980825112827.A5540@flarn.dyn.ml.org> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:28:27 -0400 From: Matthew Hunt To: Neil Blakey-Milner , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Group ownership (WHY : or .) References: <199808241539.IAA18194@pau-amma.whistle.com> <35E2373E.F4757D70@aei.ca> <19980825141843.A28749@rucus.ru.ac.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <19980825141843.A28749@rucus.ru.ac.za>; from Neil Blakey-Milner on Tue, Aug 25, 1998 at 02:18:43PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 25, 1998 at 02:18:43PM +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > > I was thinking it was newuser.newgroup and not newuser:newgroup. > > Why there is both version? > > The man page uses ":", and that's where I learnt it. They both work, but I think ":" is preferred because it's nice to be able to use "." in usernames. -- Matthew Hunt * Stay close to the Vorlon. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message