Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:20:19 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwords in /etc/group Message-ID: <20021121212019.GA47022@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <000701c29193$0f4a68f0$0a2da8c0@sem> References: <000701c29193$0f4a68f0$0a2da8c0@sem>
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:20:32PM +0300, Sergey Matveychuk wrote: > Hello. > > How can I use password in /etc/group? > If I can't, why man groups keep silence about it? > Probably because no-one uses them :) What purpose do they serve ? A System Manager can put the users in the appropriate groups for their work. I have never seen them used on any Unix system I have worked on, and I seem to recall from some ancient documentation that they are more trouble than they are worth. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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