From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 27 18:05:12 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1331106566B for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:05:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@dexter.starfire.mn.org) Received: from dexter.starfire.mn.org (starfire.skypoint.net [173.8.102.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CD9F8FC0C for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:05:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from john@localhost) by dexter.starfire.mn.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id o0RI5Be42622 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:05:11 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from john) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:05:11 -0600 From: John To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100127120511.A42534@starfire.mn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Subject: "adduser" and single-user groups X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:05:13 -0000 Could someone point me in the direction of enlightenment with regard to the value add of the "group per user" approach that adduser uses? Is that a FreeBSD thing, or a *BSD thing, or a unix-like-universe thing, or what? Thanks! -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG