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Re: adduser and defaults groups



On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 05:01:23PM -0500, H. S. wrote:
> I recently installed Debian Sid on an Inspiron 5160. I noticed that the 
> user I added during the installation (NetInstall CD) was a member of 
> various groups: dialout, audio, cdrom, plugdev, etc. But a new user I 
> added later using "adduser <username>" command was not. I had to make 
> it a member of these groups using the "adduser <username> <groupname>" 
> command.
> 
> Was I supposed to use the "--system" option while making the second 
> user?
> 


  No, you were not. Either do what you did or invoke vigr.



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