From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: Gentoo-user list <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I add a user to a group without deleting from all others?
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 17:18:09 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041204221809.GA8089@m1800> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200412041814.51112.rotech12a@xtra.co.nz>
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 06:14:50PM +1300, Glenn McCarthy wrote
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 5:58 pm, Walter Dnes wrote:
> > usermod is painfully lacking. You can't really add a user to a
> > supplemental group. You effectively wipe out all supplemental group
> > memberships, and submit a new list. Given all the groups in Gentoo,
> > this is painfull. Is there a utility somewhere? Nothing mentioned in
> > "see also" in the usermod man page.
>
> gpasswd -a user group
Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for.
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will
eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure,
and has a lower TCO, than linux.
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2004-12-04 22:00 ` [gentoo-user] Re: How do I add a user to a group without deleting from all others? Nick Rout
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