Den 2020-07-06 kl. 11:23, skrev ToddAndMargo via users: > On 2020-07-05 23:31, Jon Ingason wrote: >> Den 2020-07-06 kl. 07:49, skrev ToddAndMargo via users: >>> On 2020-07-05 21:47, Tom H wrote: >>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 12:59 AM ToddAndMargo via users >>>> <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> $ grep -i users group >>>>> users:x:100:todd >>>>> libvirt:x:977:root:users >>>> >>>> Are you sure that you can nest a group within another in "/etc/group"? >>> >>> I goofed the syntax. You use @ in front of groups >>> >>> libvirt:x:977:root:@users >> >> Why not read the man page? >> >> $ man 5 group >> >> DESCRIPTION >> The /etc/group file is a text file that defines the groups on >> the system. There is one entry per line, with the following >> format: >> >> group_name:password:GID:user_list >> >> The fields are as follows: >> >> ... >> >> user_list a list of the usernames that are members of this >> group, separated by commas. >> >> >> So the line for libvirt in /etc/group should be: >> >> libvirt:x:977:todd,user1,user2,... > > > Several of us did, including me. > > Did you find @group in the man page anywhere? I only > remembered it off the top of my head.
No, there don't exist any variable like "@group" in /etc/group. The data in /etc/group lines where format is: group_name:password:GID:user_list It has been in over 40 years in Unix and ever since Linux where born. Regards Jon Ingason _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
