From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes made by acct-* ebuilds
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:05:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ0EP40KFdt=gBp9G2cpJoOpEnFtRJG-QZjvrf0yfrTDwF5a=w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2d762723-4d82-44a0-cfc6-ad2da87b6d41@gentoo.org>
On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 12:42 PM Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> > # usermod -aG thomas postfix
> > # id postfix
> > uid=207(postfix) gid=207(postfix)
> groups=207(postfix),12(mail),1004(thomas)
> > # emerge -a1 acct-user/postfix
> > [...]
> >
> > >>> Installing (1 of 1) acct-user/postfix-0::gentoo
> > * checking 0 files for package collisions
> > >>> Merging acct-user/postfix-0 to /
> > >>> Safely unmerging already-installed instance...
> > No package files given... Grabbing a set.
> > >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
> > >>> Original instance of package unmerged safely.
> > * Updating groups for user 'postfix' ...
> > * - Groups: postfix,mail
> > >>> acct-user/postfix-0 merged.
> > >>> Auto-cleaning packages...
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > # id postfix
> > uid=207(postfix) gid=207(postfix) groups=207(postfix),12(mail)
> >
There's a significant difference between changing group membership for
a system user versus a user account that is used interactively.
I don't think the handbook advises people to mess with system accounts.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-14 19:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-12 18:02 [gentoo-dev] Changes made by acct-* ebuilds Christopher Head
2020-02-12 18:11 ` Alec Warner
2020-02-12 18:14 ` Michał Górny
2020-02-13 16:09 ` Christopher Head
2020-02-13 16:17 ` Michał Górny
2020-02-16 6:35 ` Christopher Head
2020-02-16 6:49 ` Michał Górny
2020-02-13 1:32 ` Thomas Deutschmann
2020-02-13 5:26 ` Christopher Head
2020-02-13 5:59 ` Michał Górny
2020-02-13 7:03 ` Alec Warner
2020-02-13 8:10 ` Michał Górny
2020-02-18 4:57 ` desultory
2020-02-13 16:17 ` Mike Gilbert
2020-02-13 23:24 ` Michael 'veremitz' Everitt
2020-02-14 3:37 ` Mike Gilbert
2020-02-14 14:12 ` Thomas Deutschmann
2020-02-14 14:41 ` Michał Górny
2020-02-14 15:38 ` Mike Gilbert
2020-02-14 17:09 ` Thomas Deutschmann
2020-02-14 17:17 ` Michał Górny
2020-02-14 17:42 ` Thomas Deutschmann
2020-02-14 17:55 ` Michał Górny
2020-02-14 19:48 ` Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov
2020-02-14 20:02 ` Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov
2020-02-15 1:17 ` Michael 'veremitz' Everitt
2020-02-14 19:05 ` Mike Gilbert [this message]
2020-02-14 19:49 ` Rolf Eike Beer
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