Re: User group "users"

[Jerome BENOIT <sphericaltriangle@rezozer.net>]

On 21/01/2022 15:59, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> 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.

This might be specific to your installation.
Usually users have by default their own group.

Cheers,
Jerome


> Regards,
>
> -Roberto