[sclug] Ubuntu admin group

[Neil Haughton]

Thanks to all those who leapt to help me.

IDs 111 and 112 are already used on my installation, but on inspection I 
discovered that ID 11 was a gap in the groups list (...8,9,10,12,13... 
etc), so on a hunch I used that. All seems well at the moment (as far as 
I can tell).

Neil.


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>    1. Ubuntu 6.06 disaster (Neil Haughton)
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>    3. Re: Ubuntu 6.06 disaster (Ed Davies)
>    4. Re: Ubuntu 6.06 disaster (alan c)
>    5. Re: Ubuntu 6.06 disaster (John Stumbles)
>    6. Re: Ubuntu 6.06 disaster (John Stumbles)
>    7. Re: Ubuntu 6.06 disaster (Keith Edmunds)
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> Subject:
> [sclug] Ubuntu 6.06 disaster
> From:
> Neil Haughton <haughtonomous at googlemail.com>
> Date:
> Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:03:16 +0000
> To:
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>
> Does anyone out there have a 'stock' Ubuntu 6.06 installation? I have 
> inadvertently deleted my 'admin' group, and need to recreate it with 
> the original ID number. If a Good Samaritan would care to check the 
> correct ID number and let me know, I might just get out of the woods 
> on this one.
>
> TIA
>
> Neil.
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> Subject:
> Re: [sclug] Ubuntu 6.06 disaster
> From:
> pieter claassen <pieter at claassen.co.uk>
> Date:
> Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:11:48 +0100
> To:
> sclug at sclug.org.uk, n.a.haughton at bigfoot.com
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> To:
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>
> Op zaterdag 16 december 2006 15:03, schreef Neil Haughton:
>   
>> Does anyone out there have a 'stock' Ubuntu 6.06 installation? I have
>> inadvertently deleted my 'admin' group, and need to recreate it with the
>> original ID number. If a Good Samaritan would care to check the correct
>> ID number and let me know, I might just get out of the woods on this one.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Neil.
>>     
>
> admin gid 111 (Dapper)
>
> Cheers,
> Pieter
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> Subject:
> Re: [sclug] Ubuntu 6.06 disaster
> From:
> Ed Davies <sclug at edavies.nildram.co.uk>
> Date:
> Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:42:48 +0000
> To:
> pieter claassen <pieter at claassen.co.uk>, n.a.haughton at bigfoot.com
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> To:
> pieter claassen <pieter at claassen.co.uk>, n.a.haughton at bigfoot.com
> CC:
> sclug at sclug.org.uk
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>
> pieter claassen wrote:
>> admin gid 111 (Dapper)
>
> Interesting, mine's 112.
>
> $ cat /etc/group | grep admin
> lpadmin:x:106:edavies,sa
> admin:x:112:edavies,sa
>
> Ed Davies.
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> Subject:
> Re: [sclug] Ubuntu 6.06 disaster
> From:
> alan c <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com>
> Date:
> Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:24:44 +0000
> To:
> Ed Davies <sclug at edavies.nildram.co.uk>
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> To:
> Ed Davies <sclug at edavies.nildram.co.uk>
> CC:
> sclug at sclug.org.uk
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>
> Ed Davies wrote:
>> pieter claassen wrote:
>>> admin gid 111 (Dapper)
>>
>> Interesting, mine's 112.
>>
>> $ cat /etc/group | grep admin
>> lpadmin:x:106:edavies,sa
>> admin:x:112:edavies,sa
>>
>> Ed Davies.
>>
>>
>
>
> $ cat /etc/group | grep admin
> lpadmin:x:106:candt
> admin:x:112:candt
>
>
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> Subject:
> Re: [sclug] Ubuntu 6.06 disaster
> From:
> John Stumbles <john at stumbles.org.uk>
> Date:
> Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:30:16 +0000
>
> CC:
> sclug at sclug.org.uk
>
>
> Ed Davies wrote:
>> pieter claassen wrote:
>>
>>> admin gid 111 (Dapper)
>>
>>
>> Interesting, mine's 112.
>>
>> $ cat /etc/group | grep admin
>> lpadmin:x:106:edavies,sa
>> admin:x:112:edavies,sa
>
> 111 on mine
>
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> Subject:
> Re: [sclug] Ubuntu 6.06 disaster
> From:
> John Stumbles <john at stumbles.org.uk>
> Date:
> Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:10:12 +0000
>
> CC:
> sclug at sclug.org.uk
>
>
> Ed Davies wrote:
>> pieter claassen wrote:
>>
>>> admin gid 111 (Dapper)
>>
>>
>> Interesting, mine's 112.
>>
>> $ cat /etc/group | grep admin
>> lpadmin:x:106:edavies,sa
>> admin:x:112:edavies,sa
>
> 111 on mine
>
>
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> Subject:
> Re: [sclug] Ubuntu 6.06 disaster
> From:
> Keith Edmunds <keith at midnighthax.com>
> Date:
> Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:16:21 +0000
> To:
> sclug at sclug.org.uk
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> To:
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> CC:
> n.a.haughton at bigfoot.com
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>
> On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:03:16 +0000
> Neil Haughton <haughtonomous at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> I have 
>> inadvertently deleted my 'admin' group, and need to recreate it with
>> the original ID number.
>>     
>
> Given the variety of answers so far, maybe the best thing to do is to
> ask others to find a file with group 'admin' and then you can see what
> GID the same file on your system is. That will tell you what GID admin
> was on your system.
>
> Keith
>
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