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Brown Eyed Boy
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 Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 6:43 pm Post subject: Users & groups |
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Hi. What command(s) do I use or where do I look to find out what groups a user belongs to?
Also, is there a better way of assigning a user to an additional group than "usermod -G x,y,z username" and having to list all groups he/she already belongs to in addition to the group(s) I want to add?
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wudmx
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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try groups username ...
this will list the groups the user belongs to! |
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pYrania
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Users & groups |
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Also, is there a better way of assigning a user to an additional group than "usermod -G x,y,z username" and having to list all groups he/she already belongs to in addition to the group(s) I want to add?
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iso
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 9:34 pm Post subject: Better way of assigning a user to an additional group |
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| Brown Eyed Boy wrote: | Also, is there a better way of assigning a user to an additional group than "usermod -G x,y,z username" and having to list all groups he/she already belongs to in addition to the group(s) I want to add?
Thanks. |
I have also wondered about this. It seems to be very common for linux administrators to modify the /etc/group file directly to define group belongings. For me (at least) it feels safer to use a program designed for this specific task (so you don't mess up the group file). Thanks for making me find the command again! Try this:
| Code: | gpasswd -a username groupname
gpasswd -d username groupname
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which (in order) adds respectively deletes an user from a group.
Hope it helps you out. |
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Brown Eyed Boy
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