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#1 2006-01-03 06:18:46

mtrivs
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User Groups

I recently solved a sound problem by adding my user to the 'audio' group to enable sound playback. 
1. Are there any other groups i should have my user added to?
2. What is the effect of having my user added to the 'root' group?
3. Is there a website i can go to to find out what all of these user groups are for?


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#2 2006-01-03 06:30:47

paul2lv
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Re: User Groups

Well, the wiki install guide says users should at least belong to the "users, audio, and optical" groups.

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#3 2006-01-03 07:04:28

Moo-Crumpus
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Re: User Groups

You may also read /etc/udev/rules.d/udev-rules which groups are used and what kind of hardware is limited to them, and decide wether you will change the rule or add the user to a group.


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#4 2006-01-03 20:38:57

mtrivs
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Re: User Groups

any other resources i should take a look at?


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#5 2006-01-03 23:30:54

Komodo
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Re: User Groups

mtrivs wrote:

1. Are there any other groups i should have my user added to?

wheel, if you intend to follow the wiki tutorial to gain su/sudo with no password.

mtrivs wrote:

2. What is the effect of having my user added to the 'root' group?

I'm not sure. Normally adding a user to the 'wheel' group gives it root priveleges; however in arch you have to uncomment the bottom line in /etc/pam.d/sudo, otherwise you won't be able to use sudo even if you add your user to wheel.

mtrivs wrote:

3. Is there a website i can go to to find out what all of these user groups are for?

A brilliant one is www.google.com  wink

mtrivs wrote:

any other resources i should take a look at?

Is this a re-iteration of your third question? Please clarify.


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#6 2006-01-04 18:11:39

mtrivs
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Re: User Groups

well i meant any other resources (web pages) i should look at other than the ones i was pointed to in the first 2 replies...... Thanks for the info


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#7 2006-01-04 20:04:54

Komodo
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Re: User Groups

mtrivs wrote:

well i meant any other resources (web pages) i should look at other than the ones i was pointed to in the first 2 replies......

There's a decent book online that has a good description, I've tried to find it again and can't though mtrivs... try searching for 'linux file hierarchy' and see what comes up.

mtrivs wrote:

Thanks for the info

No problem wink


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