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.
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