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+ | ====== Add User To Group ====== | ||
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+ | You can use the useradd or usermod commands to add a user to a group. The useradd command creates a new user or update default new user information. The usermod command modifies a user account i.e. it is useful to add user to existing group. There are two types of group. First is primary user group and other is secondary group. All user account related information is stored in _/ | ||
+ | ===== useradd Example - Add A New User To Secondary Group ===== | ||
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+ | You need to the useradd command to add new users to existing group (or create a new group and then add user). If group does not exist, create it. The syntax is as follows:< | ||
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+ | If you do not see any output then you need to add group developers using groupadd command:< | ||
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+ | Please note that capital G (-G) option add user to a list of supplementary groups. Each group is separated from the next by a comma, with no intervening whitespace. For example, add user jerry to groups admins, ftp, www, and developers, enter:< | ||
+ | ===== useradd example - Add a new user to primary group ===== | ||
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+ | To add a user tony to group developers use following command:< | ||
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+ | Please note that small -g option add user to initial login group (primary group). The group name must exist. A group number must refer to an already existing group. | ||
+ | ===== usermod example - Add a existing user to existing group ===== | ||
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+ | Add existing user tony to ftp supplementary/ | ||
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+ | -- Main.FredPettis - 2011-05-27 | ||
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