-----Original Message----- From: Øyvind Lode [mailto:o-lode@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 15. september 2004 23:46 To: 'fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: [fedora] Groups Message: 2 Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:01:20 -0400 From: Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [fedora] Groups To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <20040915160120.GB16738@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 11:16:45AM -0400, Clint Harshaw wrote: > What about using your favorite text editor to edit /etc/group and add > the user to the group there? : That works, of course, but don't forget to also edit /etc/gshadow. (And watch out for locking problems.) Generally, I :think using 'gpasswd' is cleaner. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> ------------------------------ : Hi : Hi again : Using useradd -g users john seems the easiest way. : But A huge stepback is that it removes other group membership of user john. I wanted to add john to users... : I got a reply telling me to read the man pages of div useful commands so that will probably give me the anser how to add : john to groups without removing him from existing groups. : I suppose if I edit /etc/groups, /etc/gshadow, /etc/gpasswd etc I will escape this problem because I then just add users : to john without removing other groups... : Using a graphical tool in GNOME or KDE is also a good idea but not for my config since I don't run X :) : Øyvind ---------------------- A quick look in man usermod told me: # usermod -G users john This command added john to users without replacing his existing group membership (login group) which is john. Please correct me if I'm way off... Øyvind
