adding a user to a group 1

[delfy]

i already added a user using useradd myuser

but i need to add this user to a particular group mygroup
how would i do this at the commandline?

 

[thedaver]

groupadd mygroup (if necessary)
usermod -G mygroup myuser

In the case the user already belongs to 'thisgroup' and 'thatgroup' and you wish to retain those relationships...


usermod -G mygroup,thisgroup,thatgroup myuser

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[Annihilannic]

Does anyone else wish usermod had a syntax to retain existing groups? Something like usermod -G +newgroup username would seem sensible to me.

Annihilannic.

 

[thedaver]

It's (probably) GPL, go for it!

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