On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 07:22, Mike Westkamper wrote: > I need to set up a number of users and assign them to a primary group. For > example, I am setting up a FC1 box as a CVS server. The approach I am using > is to set up a number of cvs users and want to assign their primary group as > CVSUSER. > > The GNOME applet doesn't seem to allow it. (add user / change properties) > And I have tried the traditional handtools but apparently there is someting > else that prevents adduser/etc from really working. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Mike - this seemed to work for me: - Use "Add Group" to create your cvs group - Use "Add User" to create a user. Deselect "Create a private group" - Select the new user and open the "Properties" dialog. - Go to the groups tab - Deselect the group "Users", and select the cvs group. It should then appear in the "Primary Group" box. The command line equivalent (far simpler, IMHO) would be # groupadd cvsuser # useradd -g cvsuser -c "User Name" username You can even use the "-D" option on useradd to make your cvsuser group the default for newly created accounts. Cheers, Ben > > Mike > >
