Re: Definition of group/user

[Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 01:15:58PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 11:33:15PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > Other than common sense, where is the authoritative place for definition
> > of group and user on Debian?
> 
> Well... the thing getent (passwd|group) gives you?

:) Yes you are right.  This could have been a good answer for PAM.

But my initial question was more premitive.  I was wondering how Debian
uses /etc/group entry accessed by pam_unix.so.

root:????:0
...
msql:x:36:
operator:x:37:
list:x:38:
...

What are the assigend meaning of "operator" for example?

I found that Javier got it from Joey Hess's mailing list thread.  So I
guess there were no written rules before for this.

Thanks I learned 1 thing. :)

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