Re: [newbie] Groups
Duncan Anderson wrote: Keith Powell wrote: A very basic question, please. How do I find out which groups I am in and, if necessary, create and add myself to another group. You can look at /etc/group to see which groups you belong to. Sorry, I just can't find how to do it in Mandrake. MCC->System->Users and groups doesn't appear do it. You can edit /etc/group (as root) and manually create a new group and add yourself to it. (Make sure you assign a unique group id number if you create a new group.) Having said that, are you sure MCC doesn't allow you to add groups? regards Duncan Thanks for the information, Duncan. I was wrong, you can add groups with MCC. Derek explained how to do it in his reply. Cheers Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Groups
Keith Powell wrote: A very basic question, please. How do I find out which groups I am in and, if necessary, create and add myself to another group. You can look at /etc/group to see which groups you belong to. Sorry, I just can't find how to do it in Mandrake. MCC->System->Users and groups doesn't appear do it. You can edit /etc/group (as root) and manually create a new group and add yourself to it. (Make sure you assign a unique group id number if you create a new group.) Having said that, are you sure MCC doesn't allow you to add groups? regards Duncan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Groups
Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 06 December 2004 17:14, Keith Powell wrote: A very basic question, please. How do I find out which groups I am in and, if necessary, create and add myself to another group. Sorry, I just can't find how to do it in Mandrake. MCC->System->Users and groups doesn't appear to do it. Many thanks Keith Yes it does. You're right, it does!! Select the 'Groups' Tab to see which groups exist and their members. Select Options>FilterSystemUsers to see all the system groups. Right click on a group to add members. derek Thanks, Derek, for another very useful piece of information, of which I have made a note. I hadn't looked deeply enough into "Users and Groups". Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Groups
On Monday 06 December 2004 17:14, Keith Powell wrote: > A very basic question, please. > > How do I find out which groups I am in and, if necessary, create and > add myself to another group. > > Sorry, I just can't find how to do it in Mandrake. MCC->System->Users > and groups doesn't appear to do it. > > Many thanks > > Keith Yes it does. Select the 'Groups' Tab to see which groups exist and their members. Select Options>FilterSystemUsers to see all the system groups. Right click on a group to add members. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Groups
A very basic question, please. How do I find out which groups I am in and, if necessary, create and add myself to another group. Sorry, I just can't find how to do it in Mandrake. MCC->System->Users and groups doesn't appear do it. Many thanks Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Groups
On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:42:12 -0700 (PDT), Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I get a list of groups available on Linux? Group info is stored in the /etc/group file. If you prefer a GUI, there's Mandrake's userdrake tool, available in the Control Centre. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Help Microsoft stamp out software piracy. Give GNU/Linux to a friend today. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Groups within Groups
Hello. I actually don't have a use for it at the moment but was just wondering how I could just quickly assign a particular group to a particular set of users, instead of figuring out the groups for each user again and again e.g. an "internet" group which includes all sorts of internet-related subgroups, a "games" group which includes all multimedia and games groups etc. Thanks, George On Thursday 28 June 2001 08:10, n6tadam wrote: > Hello George, > > I apologise. I was not clear enough with my explanation!! I know what you > meant, when you referred to NT as having groups, within groups, but Unix > (and hence Linux), does not work in that way (as far as I know). > > You have separate groups, and by adding either users, or programs into a > group, you can control who can run the program. > > If you can be more specific, I might be able to help with your problem. > What exactly do you want to do with the groups??? > > HTH, > > Thomas Adam > > - Original Message - > From: George Petri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: n6tadam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:13 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Groups within Groups > > > Hello again! > > > > I'm sorry but I don't know what you mean by "assign a new group with the > > value". I'm pretty sure Win NT can do groups within groups...why not > > Linux > > > :(?. > > > > Thanks, > > George > > > > P.S. I don't actually have a laptop :). I just have a desktop machine > > and was just checking if that dark kdm problem couuld be related to the > > 128zx graphics chip. > > > > On Wednesday 27 June 2001 13:01, you wrote: > > > Hi George, > > > > > > This is not possible. You'll have to assign a new group with the value. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Thomas Adam > > > > > > P.S. With regards to your e-mail about your laptop.I'll get back to > > you > > > > asap > > > - Original Message - > > > From: George Petri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:52 PM > > > Subject: [newbie] Groups within Groups > > > > > > > Is this possible? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > George > > > > > > Please note that the content of this message is confidential between > > > the original sender and the intended recipient(s) of the message. If > > > you are not an intended recipient and/or have received this message in > > > error, kindly disregard the content of the message and return it to the > > original > > > > sender. > > > > > > If you have any complaints about this message please reply to: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > The Purbeck School E-Mail server running: > > >users.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk > > Please note that the content of this message is confidential between the > original sender and the intended recipient(s) of the message. If you are > not an intended recipient and/or have received this message in error, > kindly disregard the content of the message and return it to the original > sender. > > If you have any complaints about this message please reply to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The Purbeck School E-Mail server running: >users.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk
Re: [newbie] Groups within Groups
Hi! Yes, I meant can I have a big group called "Power User", which contains groups within that such as "Games", "Office" etc. But you've answered my question anyway :) Thanks, George On Wednesday 27 June 2001 14:34, Michael D. Viron wrote: > George, > > If you mean, can a group be part of another group, not that I'm aware of. > If you mean, can a user be part of more than one group, then yes they can > be. > > Michael > > -- > Michael Viron > Registered Linux User #81978 > Senior Systems & Administration Consultant > Web Spinners, University of West Florida > > At 10:52 PM 06/27/2001 +, George Petri wrote: > >Is this possible? > > > >Thanks, > >George
Re: [newbie] Groups within Groups
George, If you mean, can a group be part of another group, not that I'm aware of. If you mean, can a user be part of more than one group, then yes they can be. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 10:52 PM 06/27/2001 +, George Petri wrote: > >Is this possible? > >Thanks, >George >
[newbie] Groups within Groups
Is this possible? Thanks, George
[newbie] Groups, more than just one was: command please
Sorry I forgot to mention that I run mandrake 7.0 so I do not have that gui option, please tell me what commandline thingies I need to type, to put myself in more than one group. Thank you Vic On Sat, 06 Jan 2001, Vic wrote: > What do I type if I want to put a user in more than > one group? > > If I want o put user in groups root and audio and cdrom and programming, > what exactly do I type in the bash shell? > > Thank you. > > Vic
