Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 01:13:58 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/3233: adduser(8) doesn't add users to the wheel group Message-ID: <19970413011358.FR00064@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <19970409123407.25120@usn.blaze.net.au>; from David Nugent on Apr 9, 1997 12:34:07 %2B1000 References: <199704090200.TAA18639@freefall.freebsd.org> <19970409123407.25120@usn.blaze.net.au>
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As David Nugent wrote: > > 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. adduser(8) at least used to have this bug that if you added the user to primary group `wheel', it didn't offer you the option to also put it into the secondary group `wheel'. > pw(8) has this same "bug", Are you sure? (Well, as the author of pw(8), you should be sure. ;-) At least, it offers both, -g and -G, so it should be possible to say pw adduser mmblfrtz -g wheel -G wheel,operator I agree that the `wheel' case is very special here. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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