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Re: User group "users"



On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 02:49:09PM +0100, Steve Keller wrote:
> I see that on my Debian systems there is a user group "users" with GID 100,
> but by default no user gets added to it.  So what is the purpose or reason
> to have it?
> 
> >From old Unix installations I know the group "users" which every user was
> a member of, by default.
> 
New users have gid 100 set as their primary group by default.  So, new
users are members of the group without having to be added to the group
in /etc/groups.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez


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