Re: groups

["nigel barker" <tech@hiroshima-is.ac.jp>]

Thanks for this clear explanation, Petter :)

nigel


> [Nigel Barker]
>> suppose I have a group "office", and I want to make all members also be
>> members of group "teachers". Can I do that, or does it have to be done
>> individually?
>
> File groups (the ones commonly in in /etc/group) do not support groups
> in groups, while netgroups (the ones commonly in /etc/netgroup) do
> support groups in groups.  Both can be in LDAP, and there too only
> netgroups support groups as group members.
>
>> The reason is for accessing shared folders.
>
> File (and directory and folder) access is controlled by file groups,
> and these need to list each individual member.  It is not possible to
> list a group as member of another group.  There exist user
> administration systems (like SIMON and Cerebrum) which will hide this
> fact to the users and generate the file and netgroup data the way you
> want it, but they are normally a bit complex to set up.
>
> Friendly,
> --
> Petter Reinholdtsen
>