after defining new group, lost administration privileges and /etc/group has been changed

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Wed, 3/4/09, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Alan E. Davis <lngndvs at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: after defining new group, lost administration privileges and  /etc/group has been changed
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 2:31 AM
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Leonard Chatagnier
> <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> 
> >
> > FWIW, In my intrepid 64 bit installation my
> > /etc/group admin entry shows GID of 119 not 111.  Adm
> has a GID of 4.  I
> > wouldn't expect these GIDs to change between
> versions BIDK.  If the OP is
> > interested send me an email off-list and I'll be
> glad to send you my
> > /etc/group and /etc/group~ file so that you may try to
> correct your problem
> > without reinstalling.  My system is also working fine.
>  HTH.  I also have an
> > Hardy installation in case the OP is not using
> Intrepid.
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
> 
> Thank you kindly.  I have solved the problem by an
> overnight install on
> another partition.  The Phoenix rises from its ashes!  The
> GID of admin on
> my other box is 123.
> 
> I learned much by this.
> 
> Alan
> 
So did I. Although I have looked at /etc/group on several versions of Ubuntu I certainly wasn't aware the the GIDs were different depending on which version is installed and on the method of installing/upgrading.  Seems like a lot of
unnecessary complication to me.  Seems like a group should have a specific number on any version regardless of how you got there unless the privileges are somehow changes/different.  IMO.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net