Re: test if primary group, with only implicit membership of the user?

[Harald Braumann <harry@unheit.net>]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 03:49:25PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> 
> [Harald Braumann]
> > Why would you create such a mixed system? I don't see a usecase for
> > that.
> 
> You should not really allow your lack of imagination to limit what
> computer systems can handle. :)
> 
> Here at the University of Oslo, the user database is probably 25 years
> old, and some users have private groups as their primary group while
> others have shared groups.  

Of course the system should be flexible enough to support such legacy
systems and even systems I can't imagine. And it is, and that's a good
thing. I just meant that Debian doesn't have to deliver ready-made
solutions for all possible imaginable and unimaginable
set-ups. 

Cheers,
harry