Bug 28308 - Installer documentation: user management need be updated
Summary: Installer documentation: user management need be updated
Status: REOPENED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Documentation Team
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Keywords: (MGA9)
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Reported: 2021-02-07 14:41 CET by Morgan Leijström
Modified: 2026-01-28 08:05 CET (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Morgan Leijström 2021-02-07 14:41:46 CET
The "User Management (advanced )" part of the installer documentation needs to be extended : the six extra groups (ctools, adm, ntools, rpm, wheel, xgrp ) are not indicated 

From Bug 21779 - Freeze and automatic reboot during install in graphical mode, garbage screen with text install
Comment 1 Aurelien Oudelet 2021-02-07 14:53:09 CET
Yeah, this is in DrakX. What is the relevance of thèse categories.
Note that checking "wheel" make the user member of the group wheel and let Access to sudo tool.

What are the 5 other categories?

CC: (none) => ouaurelien

Comment 2 Morgan Leijström 2021-02-07 14:59:44 CET
This is not my cup of... coffee.
If no one else chime in, as ask some dev :)
Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2024-08-22 22:59:41 CEST
We stopped supporting Mageia 8 almost 8 months ago 
https://blog.mageia.org/en/2023/12/30/mageia-8-end-of-life/

That means we also stopped fixing Mageia 8 bugs and that this bug report needs to be closed, regardless of whether it was fixed for Mageia 8 or not.

If this particular bug did not get fixed for Mageia 8, then we do regret that.

If this issue is still present in Mageia 9 or cauldron, then please reopen this report, write a comment and adjust the "Version:" field.

If you are not yet a member of one or our teams, then please consider becoming one. https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Contributing
Mageia is a community project, meaning that we, the users, make Mageia together.

The more active contributors we have, the more bug reports will get fixed.
Besides, being active in a team can be very rewarding. It was and is certainly rewarding to me :-D

Resolution: (none) => OLD
Status: NEW => RESOLVED

Comment 4 Morgan Leijström 2024-08-22 23:17:16 CEST
Still valid.
https://doc.mageia.org/installer/9/en/content/addUser.html

Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
Version: 8 => 9
Resolution: OLD => (none)

Comment 5 Marja Van Waes 2026-01-21 14:44:51 CET
(In reply to Morgan Leijström from comment #4)
> Still valid.
> https://doc.mageia.org/installer/9/en/content/addUser.html

(In reply to Aurelien Oudelet from comment #1)
> Yeah, this is in DrakX. What is the relevance of thèse categories.
> Note that checking "wheel" make the user member of the group wheel and let
> Access to sudo tool.
> 
> What are the 5 other categories?

The question what they are for still remains.

So: ctools, adm, ntools, rpm, and xgrp

Were all of them still there in 10alpha1 ?

CC: (none) => marja11
Version: 9 => Cauldron
Keywords: (none) => (MGA9)

Comment 6 katnatek 2026-01-28 04:05:30 CET
(In reply to Marja Van Waes from comment #5)
> (In reply to Morgan Leijström from comment #4)
> > Still valid.
> > https://doc.mageia.org/installer/9/en/content/addUser.html
> 
> (In reply to Aurelien Oudelet from comment #1)
> > Yeah, this is in DrakX. What is the relevance of thèse categories.
> > Note that checking "wheel" make the user member of the group wheel and let
> > Access to sudo tool.
> > 
> > What are the 5 other categories?
> 
> The question what they are for still remains.
> 
> So: ctools, adm, ntools, rpm, and xgrp
> 
> Were all of them still there in 10alpha1 ?

I think they are even in Beta 1 Round 1 , for what are those groups?
Comment 7 r howard 2026-01-28 08:05:29 CET
(In reply to katnatek from comment #6)
> (In reply to Marja Van Waes from comment #5)
> > (In reply to Morgan Leijström from comment #4)
> > > Still valid.
> > > https://doc.mageia.org/installer/9/en/content/addUser.html
> > 
> > (In reply to Aurelien Oudelet from comment #1)
> > > Yeah, this is in DrakX. What is the relevance of thèse categories.
> > > Note that checking "wheel" make the user member of the group wheel and let
> > > Access to sudo tool.
> > > 
> > > What are the 5 other categories?
> > 
> > The question what they are for still remains.
> > 
> > So: ctools, adm, ntools, rpm, and xgrp
> > 
> > Were all of them still there in 10alpha1 ?
> 
> I think they are even in Beta 1 Round 1 , for what are those groups?

They are System Groups and have been around for a very long time.
The answer is long so I will try and create an entry in the forum describing the functionality of the above mentioned groups and put a link to that in this report. It may be a few days until I have time to write something in the forum.

CC: (none) => rihoward1


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