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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 09:52:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Rick Rankin <rick_rankin AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Some domain groups not found by 'mkgroup --domain'
To: "Larry Hall \(RFK Partners, Inc\)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>,
        Cygwin <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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No, these groups are different. They are domain groups, yet there seems to be a
distinction between a "global" domain group and a "local" domain group. These
"local" domain groups do not show up with either 'mkgroup -d' or 'mkgroup -l'.

Sorry, I should have been more specific.

Rick Rankin
rick_rankin AT yahoo DOT com

--- "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com> wrote:
> At 12:56 PM 11/8/2000, Rick Rankin wrote:
> >On our NT domain, there are apparently some "local" groups and some "global"
> >groups. Right now, I don't know what the distinction is, but most of the
> groups
> >on our domain seem to be defined as local. Unfortunately, 'mkgroup -d' only
> >picks up the ones that are defined as global, and most people belong to
> local
> >groups.
> >
> >Is there are reason mkgroup only shows the global groups? (I hope this makes
> >some sense; I'm not sure how else to explain it.)
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Rick Rankin
> >rick_rankin AT yahoo DOT com
> 
> 
> 
> Have you looked at mkgroup --help?  mkgroup -l will give you local groups.
> 
> 
> 
> Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
> RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
> 118 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
> Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX
> 


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