Subject: Re: Adding a users group to /etc/group (Was: CVS commit: basesrc)
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Dave Sainty <dave@dtsp.co.nz>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 04/30/2000 00:14:01
Bernd Ernesti writes:

> On Sat Apr 29 02:09:32 2000, David Brownlee wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Module Name:	basesrc
> > Committed By:	abs
> > Date:		Sat Apr 29 00:09:32 UTC 2000
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	basesrc/etc: group
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > useradd defaults to using the 'users' group, so add one.
> 
> Arg, you now hardcoded the group to a fixed number.

It isn't really a bad thing.  This 'group' file is only for new
installations, not existing ones.  And it is a group that may as well
be standardised.