hi all,
Is there a command to add an existing user to an existing group?This
will be a supplementary group for the user.He still has his main group
unchanged.I want a command instead of manually editing the /etc/group
file.

thanks in advance.
bye.

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Hi list,
kaushal wrote:

> I want a command instead of manually =A0editing the /etc/group
> file.

"usermod -G xgroupy xusery" for supplementary group(s) or
"usermaod -g 4711 xusery" for a new primary group.

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kaushal wrote:

> Is there a command to add an existing user to an existing group?This
> will be a supplementary group for the user.He still has his main group
> unchanged.I want a command instead of manually editing the /etc/group
> file.

You can set the list of supplementary groups using usermod, e.g.:

usermod -G group1,group2 user

AFAIK, there isn't a standard command to add or remove specific groups
while leaving the rest unchanged.

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On Friday 10 Dec 2004 15:26, you wrote:
> kaushal wrote:
> > Is there a command to add an existing user to an existing group?This
> > will be a supplementary group for the user.He still has his main group
> > unchanged.I want a command instead of manually editing the /etc/group
> > file.
>
> You can set the list of supplementary groups using usermod, e.g.:
>
> usermod -G group1,group2 user
>
> AFAIK, there isn't a standard command to add or remove specific groups
> while leaving the rest unchanged.

How about gpasswd?
gpasswd (1) - administer the /etc/group file

"gpasswd -a user group" adds user to a supp group, "-d" removes.

Rob
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Robert Wood wrote:

> > > Is there a command to add an existing user to an existing group?This
> > > will be a supplementary group for the user.He still has his main group
> > > unchanged.I want a command instead of manually editing the /etc/group
> > > file.
> >
> > You can set the list of supplementary groups using usermod, e.g.:
> >
> > usermod -G group1,group2 user
> >
> > AFAIK, there isn't a standard command to add or remove specific groups
> > while leaving the rest unchanged.
>
> How about gpasswd?
> gpasswd (1) - administer the /etc/group file
>
> "gpasswd -a user group" adds user to a supp group, "-d" removes.

OK, that seems about right.

For some reason, if you pick any one of the manual pages from the
shadow package, and follow enough of the "SEE ALSO" cross-references,
you'll eventually come across all of the other manual pages. Except
the one for gpasswd, which isn't referenced from any of them.

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