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glurps
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 Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject: [solved] /etc/group- (is a backup) |
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what is /etc/group- for? here is a diff that reveals that it isnt much different form /etc/group:
| Code: | $ diff -u /etc/group /etc/group-
--- /etc/group 2006-10-03 15:22:09.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/group- 2006-09-21 15:27:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -43,4 +43,3 @@
hg:x:1002:
ntp:x:123:
named:x:40:
-ldap:x:439: |
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widan
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| It is a backup of the previous state of the /etc/group file that was made by groupadd/mod/del before it modified the original file. There is a similar mechanism for /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow. |
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glurps
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| thx |
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