Re: Please verify these 2 OpenBSD Bugs (FAQ, adduser, login.conf)

[Matthew Weigel <unique@idempot.net>]

On 1 Jan, 2005, at 2:21 PM, Otto Moerbeek wrote:

>
> On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Matthew Weigel wrote:
>
>> On 1 Jan, 2005, at 1:10 PM, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Mark Farquaad wrote:
>>>> I asked if this behaviour of adduser is a bug or not.
>>>> You basically told me that it's behaviour is "long standing 
>>>> behaviour",
>>>> not wheather it's a bug or not, - or rather you didn't even look 
>>>> into
>>>> it with the required depth - it seems now.
>>>
>>> Come o,n I replied to your question if adduser(8) should add an 
>>> entry to
>>> /etc/group for a primary group membership:
>>
>> That's not the real question, though.
>>
>> The problem is that adduser(8)'s behavior is not *documented*,
>> long-standing or not.
>
> So where do you look to find out which entries are appropriate for the
> group file? adduser(8) cross references group(5), which contains the
> information you are looking for.

Actually, I think adduser(8) is a fine place to mention what is meant by
"invite the user into other groups."

Note that there is no need to Cc: me separately.
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  Matthew Weigel
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