On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Dave Ihnat wrote:
> John H Darrah wrote:
>
> > In order for users frampton and mccready to be
> > able to work within the "its" group, the have to
> > become part of the group by typing "newgrp its"
> > which makes their effective group "its" rather
> > than their private group.
>
> I will point out that Linux uses BSD-style
> groups--if you're already in the group in
> /etc/group, then you automatically gain group
> access without having to newgrp.
>
Yes, you are absolutely right. I was thinking in
terms of my SGI system. But... can't RedHat be set
up this way through the PAM facility?
I guess I'll have to do some experimenting ;-)
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