Has /etc/logingroup functionality changed in 11.x?
Added: 05/03/02 HP has confirmed the change from 10.x to 11.x in the setting of the group id at login time vis-a-vis /etc/logingroup. It’s not documented, but now the behavior is sort of the *reverse* of 10.x behavior: 10.x: o no /etc/logingroup –> only GID is that from /etc/passwd. The user must execute ‘newgrp’ to change GID. o /etc/logingroup exists –> user is effectively the member of every group in which he is listed in /etc/logingroup, without having to do a ‘newgrp’. A common trick is simply ‘ln -s /etc/group /etc/logingroup’ if you want membership in all groups listed in /etc/group. 11.x: o no /etc/logingroup –> user is effectively the member of *every* group in which he is listed in /etc/group o /etc/logingroup exists –> user is effectively the member of *only* the groups in which he is listed in /etc/logingroup. So, the “workaround” to get 11.x to behave as 10.x did, is simply: # >/etc/logingroup Now the user is now not listed in any groups in /etc/logingroup and so is on
