Re: User group "users"

From	Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: User group "users"
Date	2022-01-21 18:40 +0100
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On Vi, 21 ian 22, 14:49:09, Steve Keller wrote:
> I see that on my Debian systems there is a user group "users" with GID 100,
> but by default no user gets added to it.  So what is the purpose or reason
> to have it?
> 
> >From old Unix installations I know the group "users" which every user was
> a member of, by default.
 
According to /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.txt.gz

   users
          While Debian systems use the user-group system by
          default (each user has their own group), some prefer to
          use a more traditional group system. In that system,
          each user is a member of the 'users' group.


It's probably there to "reserve" GID 100 and preserve compatibility with 
other systems using this system.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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User group "users" Steve Keller <keller.steve@gmx.de> - 2022-01-21 15:10 +0100
  Re: User group "users" Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2022-01-21 16:10 +0100
    Re: User group "users" Jerome BENOIT <sphericaltriangle@rezozer.net> - 2022-01-21 16:30 +0100
      Re: User group "users" Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2022-01-21 16:30 +0100
        Re: User group "users" Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name> - 2022-01-21 19:20 +0100
          Re: User group "users" Toni Mas Soler <antomassol@protonmail.com> - 2022-01-22 09:10 +0100
    Re: User group "users" Steve Keller <keller.steve@gmx.de> - 2022-01-21 16:30 +0100
      Re: User group "users" David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-21 17:30 +0100
  Re: User group "users" Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-21 18:40 +0100

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