Comments on: What is group x in /etc/group for and should I be a member? http://blog.venthur.de/2008/08/03/what-is-group-x-in-etcgroup-for-and-should-i-be-a-member/ and no tagline either Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:55:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: markrian http://blog.venthur.de/2008/08/03/what-is-group-x-in-etcgroup-for-and-should-i-be-a-member/#comment-96802 markrian Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:48:55 +0000 http://blog.venthur.de/2008/08/03/what-is-group-x-in-etcgroup-for-and-should-i-be-a-member/#comment-96802 Check this out: /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.txt.gz It's not complete or perhaps up-to-date, but at least it's something. Found on http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopHowTo Check this out:

/usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.txt.gz

It’s not complete or perhaps up-to-date, but at least it’s something.

Found on http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopHowTo

]]> By: Luca Bruno http://blog.venthur.de/2008/08/03/what-is-group-x-in-etcgroup-for-and-should-i-be-a-member/#comment-96769 Luca Bruno Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:43:44 +0000 http://blog.venthur.de/2008/08/03/what-is-group-x-in-etcgroup-for-and-should-i-be-a-member/#comment-96769 I do agree. To be sure I added my user to a lot of groups for audio, games and so on and many of them could be removed. I do agree. To be sure I added my user to a lot of groups for audio, games and so on and many of them could be removed.

]]> By: Thomas Koch http://blog.venthur.de/2008/08/03/what-is-group-x-in-etcgroup-for-and-should-i-be-a-member/#comment-96701 Thomas Koch Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:47:21 +0000 http://blog.venthur.de/2008/08/03/what-is-group-x-in-etcgroup-for-and-should-i-be-a-member/#comment-96701 That would be very good! Some weeks ago I accidently entered an usermod -G instead of -aG... I had no clue, to which groups my regular desktop user should belong and to which not. Today I found another group I missed to add back: plugdev to access the memory card slot That would be very good! Some weeks ago I accidently entered an usermod -G instead of -aG…
I had no clue, to which groups my regular desktop user should belong and to which not. Today I found another group I missed to add back: plugdev to access the memory card slot

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