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What does this tell me?
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$ id
uid=1007(farly) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),109(handmin),111(toor)
Every user and group in Linux are mapped to a UID or GID. Your primary group is called "users", whose GID is 100, and your username is "farly", whose UID is 1007. You can compare this to an IP address and its hostname. Using descriptive names is easier to remember than some random number. The other 3 fields are the groups you are in and their respective GIDs.
This info is kept in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.
ChrisP
uid=1007(farly) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),109(handmin),111(toor)
Every user and group in Linux are mapped to a UID or GID. Your primary group is called "users", whose GID is 100, and your username is "farly", whose UID is 1007. You can compare this to an IP address and its hostname. Using descriptive names is easier to remember than some random number. The other 3 fields are the groups you are in and their respective GIDs.
This info is kept in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.
ChrisP
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danielhozac
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Add your username to the last column of the groups you want to be a member of in [tt]/etc/group[/tt].
//Daniel
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