[Adduser-devel] Bug#248130: adduser: GROUPDIRS support

[Marc Haber]

On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 04:06:34PM +0200, Christian Gatzemeier wrote:
> This goes along the same lines as the --template option, it
> tries to facilitate managing multiple users efficiently.
> 
> Please consider supporting creation of goup directories
> upon non-system group creation just like creating home
> directories upon user creation.
> 
> For example:
> DGROUPDIR=/group
> QUOTAGROUP=
> GROUP_DIR_MODE=2775

I would review and probably apply a patch doing this.

> BTW: What are the "bad side effects" of SETGID_HOME noted
> in the config file and what benefit did it give?

I guess that nobody remembers any more. The change was made by Roland
eleven years ago.

Greetings
Marc

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