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Re: [Qemu-trivial] [PATCH] docs/devel/testing: Add -a option to usermod
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Alex Bennée |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-trivial] [PATCH] docs/devel/testing: Add -a option to usermod command on docker setup |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Feb 2019 17:32:57 +0000 |
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Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <address@hidden> writes:
> The option -G of usermod command will remove user from other groups
> not listed, i.e.: $USER will belong only to group 'docker' after
> following the documentation as is.
>
> From usermod(8) manual page:
>
> If the user is currently a member of a group which is not listed,
> the user will be removed from the group. This behaviour can be
> changed via the -a option, which appends the user to the current
> supplementary group list.
>
> This patch improves the situation by adding the -a option to the
> usermod command, which will just append user to the supplementary
> group list.
>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Signed-off-by: Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <address@hidden>
Queued to testing/next, thanks.
> ---
> docs/devel/testing.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
> index 18e2c0868a..135743a2bf 100644
> --- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
> +++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
> @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ An alternative method to set up permissions is by adding
> the current user to
> .. code::
>
> $ sudo groupadd docker
> - $ sudo usermod $USER -G docker
> + $ sudo usermod $USER -a -G docker
> $ sudo chown :docker /var/run/docker.sock
>
> Note that any one of above configurations makes it possible for the user to
--
Alex Bennée