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. -- Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - : 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
