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Subject: Re: [9fans] Newbie question: groups
From: "rob pike, esq." <rob@mightycheese.com>
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Date: Mon,  3 Mar 2003 20:46:14 -0800
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> Actually we typically use the newuser command in fs(8)
> or the uname command in fossilcons(8), rather than
> edit /adm/users directly.

One important point is that the kernel knows nothing about this stuff.
If you wanted to provide an adminstrative interface to the file system
that doesn't involve typing on the console, go for it; it can all be done
in the file system itself.

-rob