[Linux-Discussion] Re: response
- From: bobbya <bobbya@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: linux-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 13:10:25 -0700
Yes, but how about have 2 accounts with 2 different names with the same gid?
I mean, group name of postgres = gid of 501 and group name of master = gid
of 501? This in the /etc/group file?
Robert A.
John Madden wrote:
> > I know that group membership is in the /etc/group file, but in the
> > /etc/passwd file, the user id AND the group id are listed.
> > I was able to compare the id's with the one in the /etc/group file. If
> > you read my earlier email of 8 minutes ago, which maybe I should have
> > previously written, there were 2 accounts with the same gid but
> > different names.
> > That problem no longer exists.
>
> Having two accounts with the same gid is perfectly normal -- that's the
> idea of a group.
>
> John
>
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