Very Computer

hey everyone..

my Operating Sys is SCO
i got a suituation where i have users - usr1, usr2, usr3 and usr4
and groups - mastergroup, grp1, grp2

usr1 and usr2 belong to mastergroup
usr3 belongs to grp1 and
usr4 belongs to grp2

i want every user in mastergroup to be able to access contents owned by grp1
and grp2.
So instead of placing all the users from mastergroup to grp1 and grp2
is it possible to place a group in a group (ie mastergroup in grp1 and
rp2  ) ?
or is there another way to do this?

thanks in advances
Tuong.

No, Unix doesn't support nested groups.

Quote:>or is there another way to do this?

Not AFAIK.

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You might have luck with ACLs, but for most situations that might be a
little overboard...

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    The only way is to list all members of the master group as
    members of all three groups.

    /etc/group:

        master:x:1000:abe,tom,xena,frank
        grp1:x:sally,sheila,susan,abe,tom,xena,frank
        grp2:x:joe,jim,george,hank,abe,tom,xena,frank

    A user can belong to multiple groups.  The particular number
    allowed differs between systems.  The primary or login
    group is used as the group owner of files they create but
    they can read and write the ones from other groups they
    belong to.

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