From: Maglinger, Paul (PMAGLINGER@scvl.com)
Date: Wed Feb 25 2004 - 15:37:42 EST
A lightening fast answer from Doctor Tom, whose answer appears below.
Much thanks!
> Running Tru64 5.1A, reviewing our passwd file and noticed that users were
> listed several times in the same groups. Does anyone know the reason for
> this and if I can go ahead and take out the duplicates?
>
>
> Our glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall.
>
> Paul Maglinger, A+, CA, CCA, CET, MCSE
> Systems Administrator Shoe Carnival Inc. (812)867-4674 pmaglinger@scvl.com
I can imagine that one of the user account admin tools might have done
this, and of course, a human could have done it. It should cause no
harm to well-behaved programs that examine the "groups" database.
You should be able to consolidate the entries by listing each user
exactly once in each group in which they are supposed to be a member.
Tom
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