On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:00:21 +0100, Glenn Meehan wrote: > > Sounds like you have been using another flavour of unix. SCO has a > similar group structure to the one you describe. In linux the default is > to create a group for each user name that is created. I don't know why > it does this. It seems to me that a users group would be a more logical > way to go. But I'm sure that "the powers that be" have a good reason for > configuring it this way. Anyway it seems to me the the groups idea is > largely irrelevant and ignored by most people. I suppose that the only > reason it is not done away with is that it has been hard coded into the > unix from day one.
It's basically to allow people to work on shared projects (where the project has a group) and have a sane default umask. See: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1997/09/msg00715.html http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/ref-guide/s1-users-groups-private-groups.html HTH, Reid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
