I've messed something up now

[Firesam]

On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 10:01 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:
> On 9/24/2011 6:32 PM, Rashkae wrote:
> > On 09/24/2011 07:47 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> >>
> >> Rashkae:
> >>
> >> Thanks very much, you diagnosed that one perfectly. I would have had
> >> no clue how to do that.
> >>
> >> Thanks again,
> >>
> >
> > A default user in Ubuntu is assigned to several groups during install.
> > Ubuntu permissions can be a hodgepodge of Group permissions, policykit
> > and policykit-2, so it's hard to guess what will have adverse effects.
> > Unfortunately, my current desktop is not Ubuntu, so I can't verify, but
> > as of the last LTS, the default user is also a member of the following
> > groups:
> >
> > username (this is the same as your actual username)
> > adm
> > dialout
> > cdrom
> > plugdev
> > lpadmin
> > admin (you should laready have this one restored)
> > sambashare
> >
> 
> 
> I've added myself to those groups as well.  Is there a config file 
> somewhere that lists all of the groups that the default user is 
> assigned?  I didn't look before I added myself to the groups to see if 
> they existed before that.  The usermod command won't create a group will it?
> 
> Thanks very much,
> 
> -- 
> 
> Knute Johnson
> 
If you are using gui you can go to users and groups and add a user to
see all the defaults you would normally have on your system.