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Author: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
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Subject: Group Permission
On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 03:57:04PM -0400, Carl Parrish wrote:
> Okay I have a cvs group I want to add everyone in the cvs group to my http
> group if I just write 'cvs' in the /etc/group file won't it assume that I
> mean the http *user*?? I'm not sure of that last part I'm just trying to
> understand how it would tell the diff.
>
> Carl P.


The format of the /etc/group file is thus:
    <groupname>: <username1> <username2> ... <usernameN>


Therefore, to make all of the users in the cvs group members of the http
group and vice-versa, just copy all of the users from the http: line and
place them at the end of the cvs: line.

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Thomas "Mondoshawan" Tate

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