[GTALUG] (question) What is the purpose of UID==GID?

[James Knott]

On 01/11/2016 03:30 AM, William Park wrote:
> Just curious...
>
> I noticed that distros tend to create user account with unique UID and
> unique GID (and usually both are the same id).  For example, UID=1000
> and GID=1000.
>
> What is the reason behind it?

As I understand it, it's so you can give some, but not all, other users
group access to your stuff.  With a common GID, it's everyone or no one.