Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!husc6!hao!ames!lll-lcc!lll-winken!csustan!polyslo!sdejarne From: sdejarne@polyslo.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: leaving users out of login group Message-ID: <839@polyslo.UUCP> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 02:44:31 EST Article-I.D.: polyslo.839 Posted: Sat Dec 5 02:44:31 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Dec-87 23:03:35 EST References: <2652@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <14102@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> Reply-To: sdejarne@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) Distribution: na Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407 Lines: 20 In article <14102@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Schizophrenic Solipsist) writes: >Christopher Lott writes: > >) My question: Has anyone tried leaving users _out_ of their login >) group in /etc/group to reduce the size of the group file? > >I never include a user in the line of /etc/group which corresponds to >the group they are assigned in /etc/passwd. No problem. We have never included users in the line of /etc/group that corresponds to their login group (group defined in /etc/passwd). We only include them in other groups. Cuts down on the size of the /etc/group file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Steve DeJarnett | ...!ihnp4!csun!polyslo!sdejarne | | Computer Systems Lab | ...!{csustan,csun,sdsu}!polyslo!sdejarne | | Cal Poly State Univ | ...!ucbvax!voder!polyslo!sdejarne | | San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include