Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:37:40 -0600 From: "Janky Jay, III" <jankyj@unfs.us> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devel/arduino - bad advice given in pkg-message Message-ID: <56F71D44.1080302@unfs.us> In-Reply-To: <CAJ_iqtbjiYA8Rj4BjRp8wR1uEELtSGXb2hwh-mHhhQRiLeCTug@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ_iqtYP7NPbL2tZtGZNWOhuQWx8VLACxTuwyWo_UieyKaWRKA@mail.gmail.com> <56F55A84.6080000@unfs.us> <CAJ_iqtbjiYA8Rj4BjRp8wR1uEELtSGXb2hwh-mHhhQRiLeCTug@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Torfinn, On 03/25/2016 10:20 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Janky Jay, III <jankyj@unfs.us> > wrote: >> >> While your solution is not incorrect, your assumption on the >> proposed/given solution from the port is. The '-G' switch appends >> the given group to your users already given groups. So, if a user >> belongs to groups admin,wheel,test and you run the suggested "pw" >> command from the port, your user will now be in groups >> admin,wheel,test,dialer. It's the '-g' (lower-case) switch you >> want to avoid... >> > > If you read the man page, I think you will find that it is your > assumption about what the '-G' switch does which is incorrect. > Quote: "-G grouplist" "Set additional group memberships for an > account. grouplist is a comma, space or tab-separated list of > group names or group numbers. The user's name is added to the > group lists in /etc/group, and removed from any groups not > specified in grouplist." > > Please note the part which says "and removed from any groups not > specified in grouplist" > Ah yes! You are correct! For some reason I was mixing my "pw usermod" and Linux "usermod" (where you use the -aG to append). My fault entirely. Continue with your correct request for the update of the false information. *fades into background* Regards, Janky Jay, III -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlb3HUQACgkQGK3MsUbJZn7YLgCfWOpBHTJfrBLKQfbWWX/qJzWt OKUAn3MhgqhV08uwHMnC1+qseVaNkFVE =khJo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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