[LUNI] default permission group

[Michael Knoop]

In the file /etc/passwd:

go to the line beginning with your userid
the fourth field is the numerical id of the default group for that id.

The numerical id is the third field in the line of the file /etc/group 
which has the groupid as the first field.

You can find these file definitions by using
man -S 5 passwd
man -S 5 group

Mike K

At 02:59 PM 4/6/06, you wrote:
>Where can one set a default group for a person? For example... A file is in
>the group of "peon" .. and I edit it and now its "ubergeek" .. I want the
>group to stay at "peon" ?? As far as I can tell, umask does not have anything
>to do with groups? I tried the "newgrp" command, it asks for a password, so
>I enter my normal shell password and I was rejected. So I must not be 
>understanding
>something...
>
>
>Group names were changed to protect the innocent.
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