Ubuntu Server 8: Managing users & groups: How to?

[Karl Larsen]

Robert Dailey wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Jim Rosser <jarosser06 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> You could use Ebox which provides a graphical interface through the
>> network, so you don't have to add a desktop to your server and you still get
>> a Friendly GUI.  You might check out *http://www.ebox*-platform.com to
>> find out more information.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Robert Dailey wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to manage users & groups in Ubuntu Server much like
>>>>         
>>> packages
>>>       
>>>> are managed in Aptitude? Something graphical on the command line so I
>>>>         
>>> can
>>>       
>>>> worry a little less about command line parameters. If not, is there a
>>>> tutorial or reference somewhere that describes how to do a couple of
>>>> user/group related things, such as moving a user from one group to
>>>>         
>>> another,
>>>       
>>>> adding users to and removing users from groups?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>     First there is nothing on the command line that is graphical. You
>>> either use the Command Line tools or punt. I have often wondered why
>>> Server's are not just a desktop running on init 2. That way you can as
>>> owner bring on the desktop to do things like users and groups.
>>>       
>>     
> I have a question also about basic file permissions.
>
> Keep in mind I've been in Microsoft land for all my life, and I realize you
> guys get pretty pissed off when I refer to linux stuff using Windows
> terminology. However I hope you'll bear with me, I'm still learning.
>
> >From what I can tell, each file or directory on the system can have a user
> AND a group associated with it. This doesn't make much sense to me. If I'm
> user 'foo', and I have a group named 'test' which I am in, and I assign the
> following to a file:
>
> USER: foo
> GROUP: test
>
> I've technically been added to this file 2 times, so which permissions does
> the system choose for me? The ones from the group that I'm in, or the user
> permissions? It would make more sense to add *only* groups to files and
> directories, things would seem more consistent that way. I don't see a point
> in just assigning a single user as  a special case, when all you really need
> to do is assign a group with only 1 user in it.
>
>   
    I think you need to read a good book on Linux. I have one that is 
called "Introduction to Linux", Machtelt Garrels, Xalays.com. Google 
this and you can get it in many formates. Print it out and read it. All 
of it you should know before you ruin your Linux :-)

Karl


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