Accounts for Users and Groups
In Chapter 5, I explained the information that is associated with each user and group. There is an entry in the /etc/passwd file for each user and an entry in /etc/group for each group. To save you the trouble of flipping back to Chapter 5 Figure 10-5 is an example of a user entry from /etc/passwd and an example of a group entry from /etc/group:
Figure 10-5. Sample /etc/passwd and /etc/group Entry
The Accounts for Users and Groups top-level SAM category, or area, has beneath it only two picks: Groups and Users. The menu hierarchy for “Users and Groups” is shown in Figure 10-6.
Figure 10-6. Accounts for Users and Groups ...
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