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YaST has always been an unnecessary overhead, and one of the main reasons I eschew SuSE but it excelled itself today when I realised it had wiped me (and everyone else) from the users group, and yet managed to convince itself it hadn't.

Firstly let us examine the contents of /etc/group, and note how nobody is in it.

 NEVADA:/home/cianer # cat /etc/group | grep users
users:x:100:
NEVADA:/home/cianer # 

Now lets look at how YaST's head is wedged firmly up its arse.  Exhibit A:  YaST's opinion of the members of the users group, which includes yours truly.

Exhibit B:  The "Edit an existing group" screen.  Note how yours truly isn't in the default users list, nor in the list of users that can be added to the group.

Exhibit C:  YaST's userlist.  Notice how they are all members of group users.