Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 12:34:07 +1000 From: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> To: Pedro Giffuni <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/3233: adduser(8) doesn't add users to the wheel group Message-ID: <19970409123407.25120@usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <199704090200.TAA18639@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Pedro Giffuni on Tue Apr 8 19:00:03 EST 1997 References: <199704090200.TAA18639@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue Apr 8 19:00:03 EST 1997, Pedro Giffuni writes: > David Nugent wrote: > > > > Known problem. You *need* to be in /etc/group since that's > > all that su looks at, not the primary group for the user. > > Yes.. thanks, I corrected my particular case, but the bug is still in > adduser ;). No, there's no bug. If you tell adduser to make 'wheel' your primary group, it should not put your name in /etc/group on the 'wheel' line. /etc/group is for secondary group memberships only. pw(8) has this same "bug", but it isn't a bug - it is 100% correct behaviour. Use a different group for your primary group and add yourself to wheel as secondary. initgroups() automatically adds the primary group to your groups list at runtime. David
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