User Group?

[Wanch]

How do I add a user to a group from the console?

[LissaValerian]

You can add the user to the specific group directly by editing /etc/group.

or, via commandline:

usermod -G <groupname> <username>

(without the <>'s) This adds an already existing user to another group.

~LV

[Off]

You can also do it via useradd can't you?

[LissaValerian]

Originally Posted by Off

You can also do it via useradd can't you?

Yes, if the user doesn't already exist, you can assign a new user to a group via the useradd. but if the user already exists, then use the usermod cmd.

~LV

[Wanch]

usermod works. I was looking in /usr/sbin/ and noticed a "lusermod". What is that?

[LissaValerian]

Originally Posted by Wanch

usermod works. I was looking in /usr/sbin/ and noticed a "lusermod". What is that?

Thats interesting, I haven't used that, I see it on my system, but theres no man page for it so I had to look it up. (I LOVE to look stuff up!)

usermod

lusermod


It looks like lusermod comes from this package (on my system) - libuser-0.52 - which apparently is an account maintenance package whereas usermod comes from a package called shadow-utils.

So they're basically two different packages that do ... much the same thing?

Leave it to Linux to give you many different ways to skin a cat. (ugh, isn't that a horrible phrase? LOL).

Oh, except, in lusermod, I didn't see the -G option or anything comparable to it. Just the -g option for changing groups, but no -G for ADDING groups.

I usually just edit /etc/group anyways, LOL.

[Wanch]

hmm, interesting. I wonder if there is any difference when using either one. I'm going to give it a try and excellent information!!!

[prags]

how to maintain user groups in it.