[OpenAFS] Re: retaining AFS-specific nameless group IDs (PAG) in `id' and `groups'

[Derrick Brashear]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> wrote:
> "Chas Williams (CONTRACTOR)" <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> writes:
>
>  > with the keyring code, PAG's are no longer exposed to the user
>  > as a number.
>
>  This is not entirely correct.  The PAG is still exposed to the user as a
>  supplemental group even when keyrings are in use; the code just no longer
>  relies on it existing and will recreate the group when needed.

Chas wrote that code, in fact.

In any case, it will recreate the group when it can. Obviously you
can't rely on that.