[Fedora-directory-users] proper procedure to add a unix group

[Rich Megginson]

Igor wrote:

>Hi, all.  This is probably a dumb question but how do
>I add a group?  Simply adding a group thru the UI
>doesn't allow one to specify a GID.  I tried adding an
>object type "OTHER" and selecting posixGroup.  That
>seemed to have worked, is that how this is to be done?
>  
>
Yes.

> Because under company name aci, it shows up with gid
>number, NOT the group name which is kind of ugly.
>  
>
Right.  A console "group" is a groupOfUniqueNames.  A posixGroup is a 
unix /etc/groups replacement group.

>Thank you.
>
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