Re: Groups and what not.

[Dave Sherohman <esper@usinternet.com>]

Hans said:
> Can someone give me a pointer to some on-line info on group management
> (preferably in laymen's terms).

For the full scoop, try man group.

The simple version, though, will probably be sufficient:

/etc/group is the file where groups are defined.  Each line is of the form

groupname:password:groupID:users

Group passwords are very rarely used and can be ignored by placing an x in
that position.  Group IDs should be unique.

So, to create a group named 'stooges', all you need to do is add

stooges:x:5000:larry,moe,curly

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