On 2020-07-06 07:22, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 2020-07-05 16:12, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 7/5/20 4:02 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 2020-07-06 06:58, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>> On 2020-07-05 03:47, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>> On 2020-07-05 09:47, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>>>> But some of the things I run, even with beesu,
>>>>> such as the virt-manager, still trigger the Xfce
>>>>
>>>> Are you saying you've not placed your user in the libvirt group?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> $ grep -i users group
>>>
>>> users:x:100:todd
>>> libvirt:x:977:root:users
>>
>> I don't think/know that groups within groups work.
>
> I didn't think so either, but my man page index was out of date, so I had to wait
for it to rebuild so I could verify before replying. :-)
>
> man 5 group:
> group_name:password:GID:user_list
> user_list a list of the *usernames* that are members of this group, separated by
commas.
Ya you can. You just have to remember the proper syntax.
And I actually do know how. Dang!
libvirt:x:977:root:@users
So, now, if you use the "id" command you're listed as being in the libvirt
group?
FWIW, I personally wouldn't use that. Too easy to blanket grant privileges
unintentionally.
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