[K12OSN] logic of group inside group

Sudev Barar sbarar at gmail.com
Sat Apr 8 15:56:00 UTC 2006


On 08/04/06, rmcdaniel at indata.us <rmcdaniel at indata.us> wrote:
> I still can't understand the logic behind wanting to put a group inside
> of another group.  The idea would be to give the parent group added
> abilities/permissions.  If that was the case, then why not just give
> the parent group those abilities and do away with the idea of a
> subgroup?  It's just not making much sense for me...  I think that the
> way Unix/Linux does it, add users to mulitple groups, makes the most
> sense.  Excuse me, I'm just thinking out loud.  Small children could
> get hurt;)
>

Imagine a group ClassOf2008 and groups Standard8 Standard 9 STandard10

Every year instead of adding all students to Standard9 and deleting
from Standard8 Just add group ClassOf2008 to Standard9.

SImilarly groups within groups can make administration much more easy.
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Sudev Barar
Learning Linux




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