On 2020-07-06 04:31, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 2020-07-06 19:23, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> On 2020-07-06 04:17, Jon Ingason wrote:
>> Den 2020-07-06 kl. 11:23, skrev ToddAndMargo via users:
>>> On 2020-07-05 23:31, Jon Ingason wrote:
>>>> Den 2020-07-06 kl. 07:49, skrev ToddAndMargo via users:
>>>>> On 2020-07-05 21:47, Tom H wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 12:59 AM ToddAndMargo via users
>>>>>> <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ grep -i users group
>>>>>>> users:x:100:todd
>>>>>>> libvirt:x:977:root:users
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you sure that you can nest a group within another in
"/etc/group"?
>>>>>
>>>>> I goofed the syntax. You use @ in front of groups
>>>>>
>>>>> libvirt:x:977:root:@users
>>>>
>>>> Why not read the man page?
>>>>
>>>> $ man 5 group
>>>>
>>>> DESCRIPTION
>>>> The /etc/group file is a text file that defines the groups on
>>>> the system. There is one entry per line, with the following
>>>> format:
>>>>
>>>> group_name:password:GID:user_list
>>>>
>>>> The fields are as follows:
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> user_list a list of the usernames that are members of
this
>>>> group, separated by commas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So the line for libvirt in /etc/group should be:
>>>>
>>>> libvirt:x:977:todd,user1,user2,...
>>>
>>>
>>> Several of us did, including me.
>>>
>>> Did you find @group in the man page anywhere? I only
>>> remembered it off the top of my head.
>>
>> No, there don't exist any variable like "@group" in /etc/group. The
data
>> in /etc/group lines where format is:
>>
>> group_name:password:GID:user_list
>>
>> It has been in over 40 years in Unix and ever since Linux where born.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Jon Ingason
>
> Yet it somehow got rid of pol kit prompt with virt-manager
>
I hate to repeat myself. But, not for me. So, I think you've done more than
just that.
Anyway, this is a dead horse.
I would love to know the answer to the mystery.
I do work a lot in the Windows world. I get a lot of
"it works for me" from tech support, typically if I
am the first on reporting a problem. It is very
annoying. I like to figure out what is causing what.
I like solving these kinds of puzzles.
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