The UID and GID are often transparent, and are assigned automatically in sequence by the account creation program. So, the user added after “fred” would have a UID of 201. Some Linux distributions ...

Managing user groups on Linux systems is easy, but the commands can be more flexible than you might be aware. User groups play an important role on Linux systems. They provide an easy way for a select ...

The problem Since upgrading to Leopard, many users have been experiencing permissions problems. Some of these are connected with Group access to their files. A typical symptom is this: you select a ...

This week, I will introduce two fundamental concept of the Linux process model: user ids (uid) and group ids (gid). Then, I will exemplify how to use the relevant library functions for setting and ...

Whether your Linux box has hundreds of users or just one account for you and one for your dog it is important to understand how Linux user accounts work. There are GUI tools for this within GNOME and ...