Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mcnc!decwrl!ucbvax!mvs.draper.com!seb1525 From: seb1525@mvs.draper.com ("Stephen E. Bacher") Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: AIX Group ID's query Message-ID: Date: 13 Mar 91 21:12:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 9 We are trying to implement a networkwide standard for Un*x UID and GID numbers (mainly for NFS). Since most users added on Suns (the bulk of our workstation population) have a group ID of 10 (staff), we think it would be reasonable to give our AIX users the same one. Unfortunately the makers of AIX think that group 10 should be "audit". My question: Just what effects exactly does the group classification have? Who, if anyone, cares about what the groups "mean" on AIX? Is it best to edit /etc/group to change the designations? What, if anything, will break?