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From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: BSD file system
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Date: 20 Oct 89 20:49:15 GMT
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In article <38688@wlbr.IMSD.CONTEL.COM> sms@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM
(Steven M. Schultz) writes:
>Another way of looking at the multi-group capability is that
>a process has a main/primary group - the one listed in the 
>password file and multiple secondary groups as determined by
>the group file.

The rest of the system disagrees with your interpretation.  In fact,
the only reason there is a group ID in the password file is because
there was one there before, and no one felt like changing the format
of /etc/passwd at the time.
-- 
`They were supposed to be green.'
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