On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:19 AM, Joel Rees <joel_rees@sannet.ne.jp> wrote:
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> I noticed when the installer created my first non-root (erg, first administration) user, it set the primary group to "user", and not even to "staff".
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> Later, I added a non-wheel user and it set the primary group there to "user", as well. So I checked around and found, in usermgmt.conf, that the group "user" is specified as the default.
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> My memory is that this is a change from the last time I experimented with obsd, circa v3.4 or so.
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> A quick google search of the FAQ, the web and of the openbsd.org public-facing tree for "openbsd default primary group" didn't bring me to any obvious reasoning.
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> So, can someone point me to the reasoning behind that, so I can figure out whether I want to change that to have the default group=uid that I'm used to?

I'm not sure if your use of "user" means "same as username" or
"users".  There is no "user" group.

By default, I think we intend for a new user to get a new group, but
there's been some confusion in that department.