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 - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
