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Subject: Re: "adduser" and single-user groups
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John <john@starfire.mn.org> writes:

> Could someone point me in the direction of enlightenment with regard
> to the value add of the "group per user" approach that adduser
> uses?

"man adduser"; about 60 lines in, there is a whole section titled
"UNIQUE GROUPS".  This is the document you want.

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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
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