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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!unmvax!cs.sandia.gov!jhgreen
  2. From: jhgreen@cs.sandia.gov (Jethro H. Greene)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
  4. Subject: groups
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov12.024932.1725@cs.sandia.gov>
  6. Date: 12 Nov 92 02:49:32 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: cs.1992Nov12.024932.1725
  8. Sender: jhgreen@cs.sandia.gov
  9. Followup-To: poster
  10. Organization: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
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  12. Originator: jhgreen@cs.sandia.gov
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  14. Where are the names of groups defined?  I couldn't find a field in /etc/passwd.
  15. Also, what is a root group?  What priviledges does it have?
  16.  
  17. Finally, on another note, would someone tell me my options for "Followup-To:"?
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  19. Thanks in advance,
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  22. | Jethro H. Greene (Jed) | \`0.0'/ | Massively Parallel Comp. Research Lab., |
  23. | jhgreen@cs.sandia.gov  | =(_-_)= | Sandia National Lab., Albuquerque, NM   |
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