-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rick Stevens Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 4:32 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Changing primary user group Mike Westkamper wrote: > I need to set up a number of users and assign them to a primary group. For > example, I am setting up a FC1 box as a CVS server. The approach I am using > is to set up a number of cvs users and want to assign their primary group as > CVSUSER. > > The GNOME applet doesn't seem to allow it. (add user / change properties) > And I have tried the traditional handtools but apparently there is someting > else that prevents adduser/etc from really working. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. You must add the group _first_, THEN you can add users and make the new group their primary group. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - "Hello. My PID is Inigo Montoya. You `kill -9'-ed my parent - - process. Prepare to vi." - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I agree, however the GNOME applet doesn't seem to allow this. It seems to make the group the userid or "user". I'm not sure if it is a bug or just a limitation on my part! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
