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/etc/group
----------------
staff:*:10:
student:*:20:
staff+student:*:staff,student
guest:*:40:

That is, I'd like to be able to create a file
owned by "staff+student".  Then users in the "staff"
group or in the "student" group could access the
file.  But users in "guest" could not access the file.

Jeff Rodriguez

Quote:>Is there a way to do something like the following:

>/etc/group
>----------------
>staff:*:10:
>student:*:20:
>staff+student:*:staff,student
>guest:*:40:

/etc/group.cpp
-----------------
#define STAFF user1,user2,user3,user4,user5
#define STUDENT user6,user7,user8,user9
staff:*:10:STAFF
student:*:20:STUDENT
staff+student:*:STAFF,STUDENT
guest:*:40

Then you do "cpp /etc/group.cpp >/etc/group".

However, the staff+student group won't include users who are in staff or
student only because it's their primary group from their passwd entry.
You'll have to list everyone in /etc/group.cpp.

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Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

Quote:>Is there a way to do something like the following:
>/etc/group
>----------------
>staff:*:10:
>student:*:20:
>staff+student:*:staff,student
>guest:*:40:
>That is, I'd like to be able to create a file
>owned by "staff+student".  Then users in the "staff"
>group or in the "student" group could access the
>file.  But users in "guest" could not access the file.

Jan.
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