Re: Local groups

[David E. Nelson]

Hi Ted,

Thanks for the response.  I would like to avoid adding groups to hosts that 
don't use/need them if at all possible.

Regards,
         /\/elson


On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, david.nelson@ni.com wrote:
>
> > We've got some boxes that define local groups in /etc/groups.  We also scan
> > various filesystems to make sure all files are properly owned.  The problem is
> > when a system that does not have one of the local groups defined, cfengine
> > reports 'Unknown group: ....'
> >
> > Is there any way to avoid this notice w/o having to update all systems'
> > /etc/groups w/ unneccesary groups?
>
> You can add the custom groups with groupadd on the specific machines
> you need, and check for their existence so you don't run groupadd
> twice.
>
> cfperl (http://lifelogs.com/cfperl) does this automatically, for
> groups and users both.
>
> Ted

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