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   Message 16,188 of 17,684   
   pk to Nikos Chantziaras   
   Re: Gentoo user management   
   03 Apr 08 15:56:21   
   
   From: pk@pk.invalid   
      
   Nikos Chantziaras wrote:   
      
   > The GTK+ installer creates a private group for every user.  Normally, on   
   > most other systems, the primary/initial group of every user is "users"   
   > rather than his own private group (and most of the time there is no   
   > private group).   
   >   
   > Is this intended, or is it up to me to decide?  I prefer "users" as the   
   > initial group of every user on the system.   
      
   Don't know about the GTK+ installer (which you should not use anyway),   
   however, for adding user from the command line, see this:   
      
   http://marc.info/?l=gentoo-user&m=119331236003238&w=2   
      
   read the full thread.   
      
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