Users and Groups

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> >>    I was not adding a new user or group.
> >
> > that's not the point.  you were complaining originally that you
> > couldn't see all the users and groups on the system.  and i
> > explained why that's actually a good thing -- because, for the
> > most part, you shouldn't *need* to see those users or groups,
> > unless you're doing something unusual.
>
> I must say that (rather to my surprise) I agree with Karl in this
> case. I don't like to feel that Linux is not telling me something
> because it doesn't think it is good for me.

then i'm guessing you're not a fan of hidden files, then?

rday

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