On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > >> I was not adding a new user or group. > > > > that's not the point. you were complaining originally that you > > couldn't see all the users and groups on the system. and i > > explained why that's actually a good thing -- because, for the > > most part, you shouldn't *need* to see those users or groups, > > unless you're doing something unusual. > > I must say that (rather to my surprise) I agree with Karl in this > case. I don't like to feel that Linux is not telling me something > because it doesn't think it is good for me. then i'm guessing you're not a fan of hidden files, then? rday ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
