From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:24:51 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?Q?Andr=C3=A9_Luiz_Duarte_de_Queiroz?= To: voidlinux Message-Id: <09d8d259-7f89-4098-b84b-292cc4a0038a@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <16bad968-2175-4279-94a8-a0d87d8dfa17@googlegroups.com> References: <16bad968-2175-4279-94a8-a0d87d8dfa17@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: How to set a new user? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_928_393318771.1445016291517" ------=_Part_928_393318771.1445016291517 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_929_933010559.1445016291518" ------=_Part_929_933010559.1445016291518 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you, Stefan! This clarifies a few things, and a lot of others too!! ;= ) It seems I'll learn very much about Linux and its 'guts' moving to Void=20 Linux, what is a fine irony, since I was looking for a distro 'simpler'=20 than my current one, and which 'just works' ! So far, I've got my share of= =20 troubles with "*systemd*" implementations (I lost TWO HDs due to errors=20 related to it!...), and I was willing to find a "systemd free" distro which= =20 isn't too much complicated to install and configure! I think I found it! :) Now, its' a question of free time and *easy mind* to sit at my desktop,=20 start my VM with Void Linux/LXDE, make all personal settings I want and, if= =20 successful, install Void Linux "officially" at a partition in my 500 GB=20 Hard Drive! BTW, can I maintain my current '/home' partition (from my=20 current system, Mageia) without any hassle ?... Regards to all!=20 Em sexta-feira, 16 de outubro de 2015 11:58:31 UTC-3, Stefan M=C3=BChlingha= us=20 escreveu: > > The groups on your system will probably vary somewhat from that list sinc= e=20 > you will have diffent software installed and without the software that us= es=20 > the groups having them is quite pointless. That means you should not just= =20 > create groups on your system that are not already there. > > Serveral groups just allow access to some hardware on your system. These= =20 > are for example *floppy, dialout, audio, video, cdrom, scanner, network*.= =20 > You need to add your user to these groups if that kind of hardware exists= =20 > and your user needs access to it. > *audio*, *video*, *cdrom* and *scanner* are probably good ideas. > Networking is usually established by root during boot so your user=20 > probably will not need to be in *network* or *dialout*. > You need to be in the *kvm* group if you want to use KVM-based virtual=20 > machines. > > *wireshark*, *clamav*, *socklog* and *pulse-access* are really only=20 > relevant if you are using the corresponding software and then it depends = on=20 > the software what it actually means to be in the group. Wireshark is a=20 > network protocol analyzer, ClamAV is a virus scanner and Socklog a system= =20 > message logger. If you do not have/use these programs you do not need to = be=20 > in their groups. You you are using PulseAudio for audio on your system it= =20 > may be a good idea for your user to be in the *pulse-access* group to=20 > gain access to the PulseAudio server. > > If you create a new user it usually gets its own group with the same name= =20 > as the user itself. What the members of this group can or cannot do is=20 > completely up to you. You may also add your user to the *users* group but= =20 > unless you explicitly give this group any special meaning it does not giv= e=20 > you any advantages. > > The *wheel* group is used by *su* and *sudo* to determine who may gain=20 > root access via these commands. If you want that your user should be in= =20 > *wheel*. You however also need to configure that behaviour in=20 > /etc/sudoers. > > I hope this clarifies a few things :) > ------=_Part_929_933010559.1445016291518 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thank = you, Stefan! This clarifies a few things, and a lot of others too!! ;)
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It seems I'll learn very much about Linux and its 'guts' moving t= o Void=20 Linux, what is a fine irony, since I was looking for a distro 'simpler&= #39;=20 than my current one, and which 'just works' ! So far, I've got = my share=20 of troubles with "systemd" implementations (I lost TWO HDs= due to errors related to it!...), and I was willing to find a "systemd free&= quot;=20 distro which isn't too much complicated to install and configure! I=20 think I found it! :)

Now, its' a question of free time and easy mind to sit at my desktop, start my VM with Void Linux/LXDE, make all=20 personal settings I want and, if successful, install Void Linux=20 "officially" at a partition in my 500 GB Hard Drive! BTW, can I m= aintain my current '/home' partition (from my current=C2=A0 system, Mageia= ) without=20 any hassle ?...

Regards to all!

Em sexta-feira, 16 de outubro de 201= 5 11:58:31 UTC-3, Stefan M=C3=BChlinghaus escreveu:
The groups on your system will proba= bly vary somewhat from that list since you will have diffent software insta= lled and without the software that uses the groups having them is quite poi= ntless. That means you should not just create groups on your system that ar= e not already there.

Serveral groups just allow access t= o some hardware on your system. These are for example floppy, dialout, a= udio, video, cdrom, scanner, network. You need to add your user to thes= e groups if that kind of hardware exists and your user needs access to it.<= /div>
audio, video, cdrom and scanner are p= robably good ideas.
Networking is usually established by root dur= ing boot so your user probably will not need to be in network or = dialout.
You need to be in the kvm group if you want t= o use KVM-based virtual machines.

wireshark= , clamav, socklog and pulse-access are really only rel= evant if you are using the corresponding software and then it depends on th= e software what it actually means to be in the group. Wireshark is a networ= k protocol analyzer, ClamAV is a virus scanner and Socklog a system message= logger. If you do not have/use these programs you do not need to be in the= ir groups. You you are using PulseAudio for audio on your system it may be = a good idea for your user to be in the pulse-access group to gain ac= cess to the PulseAudio server.

If you create a new= user it usually gets its own group with the same name as the user itself. = What the members of this group can or cannot do is completely up to you. Yo= u may also add your user to the users group but unless you explicitl= y give this group any special meaning it does not give you any advantages.<= /div>

The wheel group is used by su and sudo to determine who may gain root access via these commands. If you = want that your user should be in wheel. You however also need to con= figure that behaviour in /etc/sudoers.

I hope this= clarifies a few things :)
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