On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:29:46 +0000, AG wrote: > On 03/03/11 20:59, Lisi wrote: >> <snip> >> I shall be visiting the computer concerned again in a couple of weeks' >> time. I'll add user to some more groups then. >> >> >> > Doesn't this simply raise an issue though of how many groups a user > account needs to be manually added to. Is this an issue between > balancing convenience and security or is this something that is > counter-intuitive from the userland experience?
I think the groups to which the user belongs change from one release to another and they don't always have to match. For instance, in Lenny, video devices (such as a webcam, or even the "nvidia" device) are owned by the "video" GID, but this does not have to be the same on newer releases. That said, I don't see any specific problem for adding your user to another group when it is required, but as a rule of thumb, unless that change is needed, better do not touch it. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.03.03.22.49...@gmail.com
