[clue-tech] Groups in groups? -- IMPOSSIBLE (?)

[Angelo Bertolli]

William wrote:

> William wrote:
>
>> I'm still turning up nil on Google (I even tried Ask Jeeves).
>
>
> I finally found something (heartbreaking):
> http://www.list.gmu.edu/confrnc/nissc/n98unix.pdf
>
> Unfortunately, this says, "Unix notably lacks a facility for including 
> one group in another."
>
> Does anyone know for sure whether group-in-group capability has been 
> added since the writing of this document?  In the reading, it is 
> evident that I'm not the only person who thinks it's a good idea.

Found it here too:
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/groupmapping.html

" UNIX/Linux has no concept of support for nested groups"
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