adding users to different groups

[Patryk 'Silver Dream !' £ogiewa]

Hi group,

I need to add a user (myself) to a group he doesn't belong to by
default. On most unices I do edit the group file and voila.

On the MacOSX I tried the NIManager but the results are rather
unpromissing. I found the group I am interested in ("operator"), found
the "Users" key and added my login after the root. No difference noticed
(even after reboot)...

Any clues?

Thanks in advance.

[Heath Raftery]

"Patryk 'Silver Dream !' ?ogiewa" <silverdr@inet.remove.it.pl> wrote:

> Hi group,

> I need to add a user (myself) to a group he doesn't belong to by
> default. On most unices I do edit the group file and voila.

> On the MacOSX I tried the NIManager but the results are rather
> unpromissing. I found the group I am interested in ("operator"), found
> the "Users" key and added my login after the root. No difference noticed
> (even after reboot)...

I think that's all you have to do. Did you follow the format used in other
groups for multiple members? Make sure you seperate the login names with a
comma and a space.

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[Patryk 'Silver Dream !' £ogiewa]

Heath Raftery wrote:

>>I need to add a user (myself) to a group he doesn't belong to by
>>default. On most unices I do edit the group file and voila.

>
>

>>On the MacOSX I tried the NIManager but the results are rather
>>unpromissing. I found the group I am interested in ("operator"), found
>>the "Users" key and added my login after the root. No difference noticed
>>(even after reboot)...

>
>
> I think that's all you have to do. Did you follow the format used in other
> groups for multiple members? Make sure you seperate the login names with a
> comma and a space.
>

I did exactly like that. I separated the entries with a comma and a
space. Didn't help, but from your clue I found out how to make it work
by examining all the other groups in search of one with more users. One
has to "insert value" instead of editing the existing "Users" value. I
removed the previous changes and inserted the new value. After
logout-login it started to work as expected. Thanks.

[Heath Raftery]

In article <3f375c95$1@news.inet.com.pl>,
"Patryk 'Silver Dream !' ?ogiewa" <silverdr@inet.remove.it.pl> wrote:

> Heath Raftery wrote:

> >>I need to add a user (myself) to a group he doesn't belong to by
> >>default. On most unices I do edit the group file and voila.

> >
> >

> >>On the MacOSX I tried the NIManager but the results are rather
> >>unpromissing. I found the group I am interested in ("operator"), found
> >>the "Users" key and added my login after the root. No difference noticed
> >>(even after reboot)...

> >
> >
> > I think that's all you have to do. Did you follow the format used in other
> > groups for multiple members? Make sure you seperate the login names with a
> > comma and a space.
> >

>
> I did exactly like that. I separated the entries with a comma and a
> space. Didn't help, but from your clue I found out how to make it work
> by examining all the other groups in search of one with more users. One
> has to "insert value" instead of editing the existing "Users" value. I
> removed the previous changes and inserted the new value. After
> logout-login it started to work as expected. Thanks.

Ah, of course! Makes perfect sense, now that I'm in front of my OS X
machine. I'm glad my potential bum-steer advice helped you out!

I think you should be able to use the Management->Restart Local NetInfo
Domains menu option instead of logout/login to cause your changes to set.

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Heath
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