[huskerlug] Re: Easy Question? User alias?
- From: Ben Chavet <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 04:03:35 -0500
I think that the id-username mapping is a 1:1 map. I don't think you can assign
2 usernames to a single id. Even if you can, you may as well just use one
username anyway.
--Ben Chavet
Quoting "J.R. Wessels" <jwessels@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> I wonder... perhaps copy/pasting the line in the passwd file and just
> changing the user name? The number id, group id and home directory could be
>
> the same. The file system doesn't store the usernames in the file
> permissions, but uses a number. The number is then referenced for us mere
> humans to use in the passwd and group files.
>
> On Sunday 25 August 2002 11:52, you wrote:
> > Carl,
> >
> > one solution to your problem would be to create a group that only those
> two
> > users belong to. You would have to change the permissions to 77x for all
> > of the files you want to share and would probably want to make that your
> > default mask as well. You could even point both users to the same home
> > directory if you want. Just change the entry in /etc/passwd.
> >
> > --Ben Chavet
> >
> > Quoting Carl Lundstedt <clundst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > Hey all,
> > > Maybe this is a newbie question, but is there a way to alias one user
> to
> > > another so that Linux treats them as the same person for file
> > > protection, home directory password and the like?
> > >
> > > A 'for instance': What if I wanted both users carl and clundstedt to be
> > > transparent to me if I log in as one or the other? Thus I could log in
> > > as carl and still act like clundstedt.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts? Is there a reason why I wouldn't want this?
> > >
> > > Carl Lundstedt
> > > UNL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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