Re: Adding users to groups
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 10:41:26AM +0100, Olivier THARAN wrote:
> > Couldn't find it in the FAQ's or howto's: how do I add users to
> > diffferent groups, e.g. dialout? Do shadow passwords affect the process
> > at all?
> Just edit /etc/group and put the username you want at the end of the line
> containing the group you want the name added to. eg:
>
> floppy:*:25:
>
> becomes:
>
> floppy:*:25:olive
>
> I don't think shadow passwords affect that.
If you edit it, do it with vigr.
Even better is using either adduser user group
or my favorite: gpasswd. You can assign administrators
to groups, etc..
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