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LinuxandUnixtutorialsfornewandseasonedsysadmin.

Howto:LinuxAddUserToGroup
byV I V E K GI TE onMA RCH 14, 2006 las t updat ed A P RI L 21, 2014
inB A S H S HE LL,LI NUX ,US E R MA NA GE ME NT

H
owcanIaddausertoagroupunderLinuxoperatingsystem
usingcommandlineoptions?Howtoaddanexistinguserinto
agroupinLinuxusingcommandlineoptions?

Youcanusetheuseraddorusermodcommandstoaddausertoa
group.Theuseraddcommandcreatesanewuserorupdatedefaultnewuser
information.Theusermodcommandmodifiesauseraccountanditisusefultoadduser
toexistinggroups.TherearetwotypesofgroupsunderLinuxoperatingsystems:

1.Primaryusergroup.
2.Secondaryorsupplementaryusergroup.

Alluseraccountrelatedinformationarestoredinthefollowingfiles:

1./etc/passwdContainsonelineforeachuseraccount.
2./etc/shadowContainsthepasswordinformationinencryptedformatforthe
systemsaccountsandoptionalaccountaginginformation.
3./etc/groupDefinesthegroupsonthesystem.
4./etc/default/useraddThisfilecontainsavalueforthedefaultgroup,ifnoneis
specifiedbytheuseraddcommand.

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5./etc/login.defsThisfiledefinesthesitespecificconfigurationfortheshadow
passwordsuitestoredin/etc/shadowfile.

useraddExampleAddanewusertosecondarygroup

Youneedtotheuseraddcommandtoaddnewuserstoexistinggroup(orcreateanew
groupandthenadduser).Ifgroupdoesnotexist,createit.Thesyntaxisasfollows:

useraddG{groupname}username

Inthisexample,createanewusercalledvivekandaddittogroupcalleddevelopers.
Firstloginasarootuser(makesuregroupdevelopersexists),enter:

#grepdevelopers/etc/group

Output:

developers:x:1124:

Ifyoudonotseeanyoutputthenyouneedtoaddgroupdevelopersusingthegroupadd
command:

#groupadddevelopers

Next,addausercalledvivektogroupdevelopers:

#useraddGdevelopersvivek

Setuppasswordforuservivek:

#passwdvivek

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Ensurethatuseraddedproperlytogroupdevelopers:

#idvivek

Output:

uid=1122(vivek)gid=1125(vivek)groups=1125(vivek),1124(developers)

PleasenotethatcapitalG(G)optionaddusertoalistofsupplementarygroups.Each
groupisseparatedfromthenextbyacomma,withnointerveningwhitespace.For
example,adduserjerrytogroupsadmins,ftp,www,anddevelopers,enter:

#useraddGadmins,ftp,www,developersjerry

useraddexampleAddanewusertoprimarygroup

Toaddausertonytogroupdevelopersusethefollowingcommand:

#useraddgdeveloperstony
#idtony

Sampleoutputs:

uid=1123(tony)gid=1124(developers)groups=1124(developers)

Pleasenotethatsmallg(g)optionaddusertoinitiallogingroup(primarygroup).The
groupnamemustexist.Agroupnumbermustrefertoanalreadyexistinggroup.

usermodexampleAddaexistingusertoexistinggroup

Addexistingusertonytoftpsupplementary/secondarygroupwiththeusermod
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commandusingtheaoption~i.e.addtheusertothesupplementalgroup(s).Useonly
withGoption:

#usermodaGftptony

Inthisexample,changetonyusersprimarygrouptowww,enter:

#usermodgwwwtony

usermodcommandoptionssummary
Option Purpose
a Addtheusertothesupplementarygroup(s).UseonlywiththeG
append option.
gGROUP
UsethisGROUPasthedefaultgroup.
gidGROUP
GGRP1,GRP2
groups AddtheusertoGRP1,GRP2secondarygroup.
GRP1,GRP2

Anoteaboutsecurity

Ifyouaddordeleteusertoexistinggroup,youmustchangetheownerofanycrontab
filesoratjobsmanually.YoumustmakeanychangesinvolvingNISontheNISserver
too.

AnoteaboutGUItool

YouwillprobablyfindtheuseoftheGUItooleasy.KDEusercanuseKUsertooland
theGNOMEusercanuseusersadmintoolcalledsystemconfigusers:

#systemconfigusers

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Sampleoutputs:

Fig.01:UserManagerToolinaction(imagecreditFedoraproject)

Seealso

Formoreinformationtypethefollowingcommandattheshellprompt:

$manusermod
$manuseradd

Twitter Facebook Google+ DownloadPDFversion Foundanerror/typoonthispage?

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Understanding/etc/groupFile

{129commentsaddone}

praj March26,2006,4:05pm

Howcanirunthepasswdcommand
noninteractivelyinlinux.Iwanttochangethepasswordthroughascriptfile.How
cani
invokethepasswdcommandthruascriptfilenoninteractively.
Ifthatsnotpossiblethensuggest
somealternative

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manoj May6,2011,2:18pm
Multipleentriesnamedaudioin/etc/group.Pleasefixthiswithpwckorgrpck.
usermod:erroraddingnewgroupentry

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nixcraft March26,2006,8:02pm

Seeshellscriptexamplehere

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BackSeat August14,2006,3:41pm

praj:seechpasswd(8)
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BnK December6,2006,8:51pm

thanks!

timesavingtipfornewadmin.Icanreadmanpagebutitisfullofshitloadandno
examplesatall.keepitupgoodwork!

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Sren June19,2007,10:37am

Ifindtheeasiestwaytoaddausertoagroupisusinggpasswdlikethis:
gpasswda

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Sren June19,2007,10:38am

Thiseditorbugsme:)Thecommandshouldbe:
gpasswdausergroup

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Frogbert July11,2007,6:52am

Thisiswrong,usermodGftptonywilltakeyououtofallyourexistinggroups.Notadd
anewone.

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nixCraft July12,2007,6:13pm

YesImaddingaexistingusertoexistinggroup,buttokeepuserinotheroldgroupyou
needtouse:

usermodGoldgroup1,oldgroup2,ftptony

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lefty.crupps October15,2014,5:39pm
Youresuggestingwedneedtoknoweachgroupfirst?Perhapstellingusthat
abovewouldbegood,alsoincludingthecommandtofindthecurrentoldgroup1
oldgroup1stuff:
groupslefty

Also,whatsthedifferencebetweenuseraddandadduser?
Whatsthedifferencesbetweendistros?
Thearticlecouldusesomereorganizationaswelltomaketheconceptflowbetter,
butthearticlehasgoodinfo,justnotlaidoutsuperclearly.IMHO.

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vim July14,2007,2:41am

Actually,itseasiertogolikethis:

usermodaGftptony

Theacausesyouroldgroupstobekept.Atleastinthenewerversions.Iwaslooking
intothisandfoundanoldmanpagewheretheafunctionisnotdocumented.

SinceIdontknowwhenthisfeaturewasintroduced,youshouldcheckforitontheman
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pagesbeforeusingit.

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nixCraft July14,2007,10:15pm

vim,

aseemstoanewoption.ThisFAQhasbeenupdatedtoincludea.

Appreciateyourpost!

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Themba March16,2015,8:06am
Theaoptionisnotworkingonubuntu14.04

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Sterex January30,2016,1:14pm
Itworksjustfine.

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derry August7,2007,10:25pm

Irecommendthatwhenyouneedtoaddpeopletoanexistinggrouptouse

gpasswdaUSERGROUP

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SteveFrancia August19,2007,6:24pm

Using:
usermod(pwdutils)3.1.2

thereisnoaoptionavailable,sothatoptionsisafairlynewone,italsoappearstobe
nonstandardacross*NIX.

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rupa August22,2007,9:06am

thanksforaoption,itsavedmytimeoncentos

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emiat February1,2011,4:43am
tnxalot

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ratna December16,2011,11:51am
RustillinsameDomain?

Regards
Ratna

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suresh January7,2008,12:01pm

whythiscommanddidntworkonsunsolaris10?

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#useraddu100gotherd/export/home/newuser1ms/bin/kshcRegularUser
Accountnewuser1

Error:uid100alreadyinuse

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soliver January25,2008,9:20pm

Hello,

howcanIgiveausergrouprootrights?
Iwouldliketocreateagroupdeveloperbuttheyneedrootaccessaswell.

thanks,
Oliver

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Ryan March13,2012,1:13am
Nooneneedstoassignrootaccesstotheirownaccount.Notevenyou.Addthem
tothewheelgroup.

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soliver January25,2008,9:23pm

Ialsowanttogiveanotheruserrootaccess.
ThatwayyoucandoPermitRootLoginyes,whichismoresecure.

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Nilesh January26,2008,3:09pm

installsudo.

thenedit/etc/sudoers(orotherlocation)

andappendtheline

%developerALL=(ALL)NOPASSWD:ALL

Thiswillgivetheusersingroupdevelopertherootaccessbutwillneedtotype

sudo

Theabovesetupwillnotdemandrootpassword

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chris March11,2008,6:47pm

NowthatIfoolishlyran:

usermodGftpchris

IsthereanywayIgetaccessbacktoallthegroupsIhadbefore?

IamusingUbuntusoIdonthaveapasswordfortherootuser.

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nixCraft March11,2008,7:31pm

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Seeifyouhavebackupin/etc/grouporrestoreitfromyourtapebackup.

HTH

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chris March11,2008,7:50pm

notapebackupandunlesstheetc/groupfileisautobackedupIdonthaveoneofthose
either.

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nixCraft March12,2008,5:28am

Maybethiswillhelp

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LiLo April30,2008,8:34am

Hi,

IsthereawaytoautomaticallycreateaMySQLdatabasewhencreatingtheuser?

(thenewdatabasewouldbenamedaftertheuserandwiththesamelogin/password)

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nixCraft April30,2008,12:48pm

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Youneedtowriteashellscriptthereisnobuiltinoptiontocreatemysqldb.

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LiLo April30,2008,2:04pm

OK,soforinstance,withwebminwhichallowsthecreationofusersfromatextusing
useradd,itwouldnotbepossibletoautomaticallyaddadatabaseforeachcallof
useraddwithoutmodifyingwebmin

Thatsnotmakingmylifeanyeasier:)

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toti May2,2008,4:19am

Hinewbhere)
Ihaveaquickquestion:inCentOS5,whenItypeusermodaGftptonyIalwaysget
theerrorinvalidnumericargumentftpwhyisthat?

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toti May2,2008,4:20am

sorryjustreadthedisclaimeronleavereplydisregardmyquestion:|

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RobM June6,2008,8:27pm

Ifyoumodifiedyourownuseraccountwhileloggedinwithit,thechangeswillnothave

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aneffectuntilyounextlogin.

Ifyoudontwanttologout,youcanreplaceyourcurrentBASHshellwithanewoneto
achievethesamethingbyrunningthefollow:

supreserveenvironmentcommand$(which$SHELL)logini$(whoami)

Thiswillswitchusertoyourself,replacingyourcurrentshellwithanewinstanceof
itself.Youwillbepromptedforyourpassword.

Ifyoudontspecifyacommandtorunyoullprobablygetanerrortotheeffectofcannot
executebash:filenotfoundbecauseitwontbeontheenvironment.Youcoulduse
shelltopointsuatit,butyourshellwouldntbealoginshellandthereforewontread
your.bash_profileetc.

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kishore June19,2008,9:58am

Hifriends,

Iwanttosaythanksforu.Becauseofthisposticreatedtheusersmyselfwithout
anyoneshelp.

ThanksandRegards
Kishore

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helpneeded June26,2008,11:30am

whydoweneedtoaddnewusersinlinux?

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nixCraft June26,2008,1:31pm

Linuxismultiuseroperatingsystem.Usercanmaintaintheirprivacyandsecurity.

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HAMEED June27,2008,9:18am

WHATISTHECOMMANDTOCHECKTHEEXISTINGGROUPSINTHESYSTEM
ANDALSOCOMMANDTOCHECKTHEUSERS???

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itsadok July5,2008,6:16am

Therearesimplercommands(atleastonUbuntu):

adduserusergroup

willaddanexistingusertoanexistinggroup

deluserusergroup

willremoveauserfromaspecifiedgroup

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DavidBrown July6,2008,9:04pm

InthepastwhenIveupgradedtothelatesteditionofUbuntuIveaddedanyexisting
usersbyenteringtheusername,realname,passwordetc.intotheUsersandGroups
dialogueboxesandallworkedfine.

HoweverwithupgradingtoHardywhenIdothesameanerrorflagsupsayingHome
DirectoryAlreadyExistsPleaseenteradifferenthomedirectorypathandIvebeen
unabletoreinstatetheusers.

Cananyonetellmehowtoaddtheseusers

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JuLianhenDra July8,2008,4:06am

HowdoIlistedallexistingusersandgroupbycommandlineinUbuntu,thanks

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vishwas July8,2008,5:45am

howtoaddtwogroupsinagroup
foreg:group1andgroup2thesegroupshouldbeaddedtoanothergroupcalledgroup3

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functionsys August21,2008,5:16am

whyyyyyyyyyhowicanfixit

FunctionSys@FunctionSysPC~/mysql
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$groupadd
bash:groupadd:commandnotfound

FunctionSys@FunctionSysPC~/mysql
$/usr/sbin/groupadd
bash:/usr/sbin/groupadd:Nosuchfileordirectory

FunctionSys@FunctionSysPC~/mysql
$useraddG{mysql}mysql
bash:useradd:commandnotfound

FunctionSys@FunctionSysPC~/mysql
$

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Suresh September22,2008,10:06am

HiVivek,

yourtutorialisreallynicetofollow.

Ihaveascenario,whereineedtocreateasuperuserandsubuser(1,2,3)foraccessing
ftpinourwebserveritislinuxwithredhatonit.sothatsuperusercanaccessallthe
subuserfolders,andsubuserscanaccessonlytheirfoldersrespectively.

Ihaventcreatedanyofthegroups,soiwouldliketoknowfromscratchlikedefining
usersandcreatingpermissions.

sinceIamnewtothislinuxenvironment,itwouldbegreatifyoucouldpostcommands
liketheoneaboveforthescenarioiexplained.

ManyThanks.
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Suresh

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eve October22,2008,1:38pm

ihave2group.GroupAandGroupB.
IhaveaexistinguserinGroupA.
NowiwanttoaddthisexistingusertoGroupBtoo.
Whatshouldido?

ThanksYou.

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Aksuli October31,2008,9:43pm

Ivemanagedtoaddaccount.

richard@richarddesktop:~$sudouseraddG
admin,dialout,cdrom,floppy,audio,dip,video,plugdev,fuse,lpadmin
aksu
richard@richarddesktop:~$sudopasswdaksu
EnternewUNIXpassword:
RetypenewUNIXpassword:
passwd:passwordupdatedsuccessfully
richard@richarddesktop:~$idaksu
uid=1001(aksu)gid=1001(aksu)
groups=1001(aksu),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video

NowIhaveaproblem,whenIconnecttheserversays:

Couldnotchdirtohomedirectory/home/aksu:Nosuchfileordirectory

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HowcanImanagethattoworkoutright.ATMIcantuseTABforfillinginfile/folder
namesetc..PLZhelpmeout:)

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vishwas November3,2008,4:00am

Aksulitypethiscommanditwillhelpu

1)richard@richarddesktop:~$sudouseraddG
admin,dialout,cdrom,floppy,audio,dip,video,plugdev,fuse,lpadminaksud/home/aksu

2)mkdir/home/aksu

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kenny November14,2008,7:01pm

itypeinuseraddcommandbutigettheresponsecommandnotfound.whatisthe
problem

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PratikPatel November15,2008,5:10am

Pleasetellmehowcaniaddmultipleuserstoonegroupatasingleshot.

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Ryan November20,2008,11:59pm

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Toaddausertomultiplegroupsmanuseradd

G,groupsGROUP1[,GROUP2,[,GROUPN]]]
Alistofsupplementarygroupswhichtheuserisalsoamemberof.
Eachgroupisseparatedfromthenextbyacomma,withnointerveningwhitespace.
Thegroupsaresubjecttothesamerestrictionsasthegroupgivenwiththegoption.
Thedefaultisfortheusertobelongonlytotheinitialgroup.

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junaid January21,2009,9:10am

thanksaalotbuddyforhelp.keepitup

Suggestions::
plzinsertsearchtoolwithinwebsite.

GODblessYOU

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hyacinth February4,2009,3:01am

Howtodeleteandaddagroup..
pleasehelpme..

Thanks

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dunno February13,2009,9:41pm

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completenoobwithlinuxhere

whataretheactualgroupsthatyoucanaddusersto?

iknowtherestheusersgroupforstandardusersbutwhatelseisthere?caniadda
userasasysadminwithfullcontroloverthesystem?oristhatthesameasloggingin
asroot?

ialsounderstanditsapperentlyabadideatologinasrootintoKDEbutwhy?

sorry,likeisaid,completenoob.justinstalledyesterday.

oh,andalso,eventhoughirealizethisisnttherightplacetoaskthis,ihavenoidea
whereelsetoaskandivebeenserachingforthisforhourshowdoyoumountanew
harddrive?theresplentyofinfotellinghowtomountacdromorafloppydrive,oreven
ausbthumbdrive,butNOWHEREdoesanythingoranyonesayhowtomountasimple
harddrive.isitnotpossibletoaddanadditionalharddrive?icantbelievethatthat
wouldbeimpossible,sotheresgottobeaway.

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wasim March9,2009,12:14pm

toadduserinmultiplegroup

usermodGgroup1,group2username

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Patrick March29,2009,6:04pm

ihave3sites.MainSiteTestSiteandFileSite.MainandTestneedtobeapartofthe

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FileSitegrouptobeabletoread/write/deletefiles.

usermodaGMainSite,TestSiteFileSite
isthatright?

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AheebwaEdgar May19,2009,6:16pm

plizthanxsomuchforyourideasbutmyquestionwashowtoaddoneusertothelinux
group.amwaitingrightnow.
Godblessyou

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AheebwaEdgar May19,2009,6:46pm

ineedjustacommandtoaddusertoagroup.thankyou

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Snap June5,2009,2:44am

IfIhaveauserthatisonlyusedtorunscripts(startedbyfetchmail),butIdonotactually
everloginassuchuserintheconsole.Ihaveaddedthatusertoagrouptogetaccess
toafolder,butitdoesnotseemtowork..ifitwasanormaluser,Iwouldsimplylogout
andloginagaintoactivatemymembershipinthisgroup..butsinceIneverloginwith
thisuser,howcanImakesurethatitisactuallyamemberofthegroup?

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baluphani July29,2009,6:18am

hi
iwanttocreateausersaytestusrandidontwanttogethomedirectoryforhimand
hisindividualgroup(generallyhewillbelongtohisgrouptestusrgroupidontwantit)
butihavealreadyhaveacommongroupsaycmngrpsoheshouldbelongtoitonly.
ithinkmypointisclear
createtestusrwithouthomedirectoryandwithouthisowngroupbutbelongsto
cmngrp.

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baluphani July29,2009,7:29am

igotit
useraddNgM

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wasim July29,2009,11:38am

youcancheckexistinggroupbythiscommand

cat/etc/group|cutd:f1

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yogeshkolte October28,2009,8:29am

itwasveryhelpfultousermodcommandtomodifiedchangestheuser

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VladtheImpaler November8,2009,9:26am

Tocheckgroupsandwhoisinthegroup,theeasiestiscat/etc/group.Smile!

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karim November21,2009,9:18am

Hi,

Sayihaveagroupcalledmusic.

Iwanteverynewuserhenceforthcreatedtoautomaticallyhavethemusicgroupas
theirsecondarygroupontopoftheprimarygroupthatwillbeaddedbythesystem.

Isthispossible?

Thanks

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AlB.. January15,2010,8:56pm

sonofmonkeysunclethereisnousermodaoptionisSUSEEnt10

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esraa March24,2010,7:47pm

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thanks

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esraa March28,2010,7:31pm

iwanteclearedcodeinshellscriptprogrammingtoadduserandaddgroupe
thanks

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zerc May5,2010,2:15pm

Hi,

Thankyouforthistutorial!

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Arvind May19,2010,5:37am

Thankyouforthistutorial!

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umerahmed June5,2010,5:39pm

goodtutorial
thanks
:)

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Andey June5,2010,10:16pm

iveprobablyusedthispagelike50timesbecauseimstilltolazytolearnusermod

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BrianMaskell June9,2010,7:11pm

Thispage(http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howtolinuxaddusertogroup/)hasareference
tothegroupfile/etc/group,thetargetofthelinkbeing:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understandingetcpasswdfileformat/
Itshouldbe:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understandingetcgroupfile/

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nixCraft June10,2010,6:05am
Thanksfortheheadsup!

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uzer July4,2010,7:51pm

Hey,Imgetting
[user@localhost~]$sudosu
[sudo]passwordforuser:
userisnotinthesudoersfile.Thisincidentwillbereported.

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shanewilliamson July7,2010,2:03am

OkaythesecommandsDONOTWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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indir July9,2010,6:25am

thanks,itsworksforme:)

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selven September15,2010,7:44pm

seriously,thisissogay!inmydaystoaddausertoagroup,wejusthadtoadditin
/etc/group!idontunderstandwhythereshouldbeatooltocomplicateit!

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nic September16,2010,2:49pm

Iliketouseaforloopforthis.Forexampled

foriingroup1group2group3...;doadduser$i;done

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TomO'Connell October7,2010,3:22pm

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IamusingMint9andhavenoknowledgeofeithercommandlineorarchivemanager.
Canyousteermetotheeasiesttutorial.

Thanks,

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dx November4,2010,10:06am

howmanyuserscanbeinagroup?iwanttoadd500userstogroupmailusers.wont
thatbeslowingdownmymailserver?

regards

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syed December9,2010,7:53pm

ihaveneedinoneaccountandmultiplesign

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NURULHUDA January9,2011,4:04pm

Ihavelostmyallinboxmailsunexpectedly.Isitpossibletoretriveagain?pleasehelp
me.

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emiat February1,2011,4:52am

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whatisthe1ststeponhowtoaddgroupinactivedirectory2003?And1ststepofhow
toaddgroupinactivedirectory?

emiat.

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RodislavMoldovan April3,2011,10:01pm

#worksinDebian6
Addusertoanewgroup,bykeepingoldgroups
usermodaGAdditionalGroupUser

aappend
Ggroupname

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Rashid May12,2011,10:50am

thanksforsharingusefulandknowledgeabletopic

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Extra June27,2011,8:02am

Ohyeahman!Thisisthebestsiteievermeet,onhelpinguserstoquickfindthe
answertoconcreteQuestion!ThankyousomuchfortheFAQarchive!wishyouthe
bestthinks.
thisistheprimarysite,thatisearchforresponsestoLinuxQs.

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LaxmanRana September20,2011,4:37am

thanksthistutorialtolearnaboutuseraddwithgroupsmodification
nicelythisizworkingonmypcinlinux

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NethKong October8,2011,4:16pm

Hiall,IwouldliketowriteascriptinLinuxtomanageUserandGroup.
***theyareabletoadd,delete,modify,,,,,,

Wouldyoupleasehelpme?

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da_fatfinger October20,2011,10:48pm

Imadethemistakeofnotincludingainusermodaswell,nowimlockedofdoing
anythingusefulinubuntu.Grantedimalinuxnewbie,sohardlessonslikethisare
boundtohappen,butyouwouldsavemanyheadacheswithjustasmall,clear
explanationatthetopabouthowflags(especiallya)arevitaltohowusermodworks.
SinceyouareTHEtopgooglehitforlinuxaddusertogroup,youwouldsavealotof
peoplesomeseriouspain.

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Vivek November9,2011,2:04pm

Anyideahowtoaddexistinggroupintoanotherexistinggroup?

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Ex:test1grouphas5users
test2grouphas3users

iwanttoaddtest1grouptobepartoftest2,insteadofaddingtheusers.

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vladtheimpaler December8,2011,12:43pm

Canyoupleaseemboss,movetotop,highlight,makeitredandblinkFFS!!!
99%ofthepeoplewantanuseraddedtoanexistinggroup,notmoved.
OnlyonLinux,addisaspecialtypeofmove(sarcasm).

Please,forthistutorialofyours,thatcomesupongoogle,thisiswhatwewant:
usermodaGftptony
notthis:
usermodGftptony

MaybewithtimewewilllearnLinuxandfacethisissuesmorebravely,butmostofus
thatcomeherehaverathertrivialexperiencewithLinux,wewanttolearn..butwewant
tolearnhowtoaddanusertoagroup(ofcourseexisting,isthenaturalway)nohowto
damageoursystems.

Callmestupid,butitisthe2ndtimeIrevisitthisissue,beingforcedtoagainreinstallmy
linuxboxbecauseofdamagingmysudoerslist.

Please,putabigredorwhateverflashywarningontopofthearticle,notifyingpeople
aboutthesudeoersbite.

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miquel January12,2012,8:11am
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Niceexplanation

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dipteshmaity February22,2012,3:02pm

howtocreateuserunderuserinlinux??notfromsuperuser.

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SubratN January10,2013,6:03pm
Youshouldknowtherootpassword.

$sucuseraddu_name

orthroughsudo

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marc March26,2012,8:22am

IknewthatuseraddcouldaddausertothesystembutIdidnotknowthatitwouldfora
groupaswell.Thanksforthishowtothen.

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removethis April10,2012,3:28pm

Thispostiswronganditsthetopsearchresultongoogle.Youshouldeditorremoveit.

ThecorrectwaytoaddausertoagroupisusermodaGgroupnameusername.

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nitiratnanikalje April25,2012,1:19pm

itsmindblowingsolutionforaddingusertoanygroup.wecanaddmultipleexisting
userstoanexistinggroupbythismethod#gpasswdMniti,gauri,lina,nidhimasti
=addeduserniti,gauri,linaandnidhitogroupmasti

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Jeremy June11,2012,5:03pm

Thanks,thisishelpfulforpeoplelikemyselfjuststartingoutwithRHEL.

RE P LY LI NK

dhani September18,2012,8:21am

Thankyou,thisreallysolvemyproblemsinsambashare.

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BijayManandhar September20,2012,6:24am

reallynicetutorial..

thanxmillions..

RE P LY LI NK

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Valerio October15,2012,6:41pm

HiItryedyourhint,butIhavegotsomeerrosbelow:
root@ibeji:/etc#testparm
Loadsmbconfigfilesfrom/etc/samba/smb.conf
Unknownparameterencountered:clientcodepage
Ignoringunknownparameterclientcodepage
Unknownparameterencountered:characterset
Ignoringunknownparametercharacterset
Unknownparameterencountered:domainadmingroup
Ignoringunknownparameterdomainadmingroup
Unknownparameterencountered:domainadminusers
Ignoringunknownparameterdomainadminusers
Processingsection[netlogon]
Processingsection[home]
Processingsection[publico]
Processingsection[contabil]
Processingsection[suporte]
Processingsection[tmp]
LoadedservicesfileOK.
Serverrole:ROLE_DOMAIN_PDC
Pressentertoseeadumpofyourservicedefinitions

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Sequoia December18,2012,5:05pm

Youshouldreallychangethisarticletoeither
a)usetheaswitchinthefirstexampleor
b)addaBIGREDWARNINGthatthecommandyougivewillREMOVETHEUSER
FROMALLCURRENTGROUPS

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Thiscomesup#1ongoogleforlinuxaddusertogroupandIsuspectImnottheonly
onewhocompletelyscreweduptheiruserbyrunningthecommandyouhavelisted
heretoaddausertoagroup

PerhapsthearticleshouldbetitledHowtoremoveauserfromallgroupsandadd
themtoanewgroup

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SubratN January10,2013,5:52pm

HiGeeks,

HowcanIaddmultipleusersintoagroupatatimewithoutremovingtheoldusers
belongstothatparticulargroup.
Ihavetriedthefollowingcommand

#gpasswdMuser1,user2,user3group_name

But,thethingisthat,afteraddingtheseusers,theprevioususersbelongstothisgroup
beingremoved.
Iwanttheprevioususerstobeexist.
Please,help..
Thanksinadvance..

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LuisMompoHanden January22,2013,1:35pm

Ibuiltabashscripttoaddmultipleusersfromacsvfiletoanexistinggroupwithout
creatingahomedir.Thepasswordsincsvfilearecleartext.

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#!/bin/bash
FILE=/root/test.csv
cat$FILE|whilereadline;do
USER=$(echo$line|awkF\;'{print$1}')
PASS_TMP=$(echo$line|awkF\;'{print$2}'|sed's/\//g')
useraddMGcvs_usr$USER
echo$USER:$PASS_TMP|chpasswd
done

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Landis January27,2013,7:30pm

InSuSElinux,thereisNoa(thisarticlestatesthatthearetainsexistinggroupsand
addsnewgroupG),butinopenSuSE12.2atleast,thereisnoaoptiontousermod,
itkeepsexistinggroups,bydefaultiguess
#usermodGGroupNameUserName
eg,
#idlunar
uid=1002(lunar)gid=100(users)groups=100(users)
#usermodGsshdlunar
#idlunar
uid=1002(lunar)gid=100(users)groups=100(users),102(sshd)
Landis.

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VaibhavGupta January31,2013,3:09pm

Hi,
Ihavebuiltax86rootfsusingbuildrootwithbothifuse,imobiledevice,usbmuxd.idid
chroot(directory:/var/prj_ca/)tothegeneratedfilesystemandmountedthefollowing

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mountbind/dev/var/prj_ca/dev
mountbind/dev/pts/var/prj_ca/dev/pts
mountbind/dev/fuse/var/prj_ca/dev/fuse
mountbind/proc/var/prj_ca/proc
mountbind/sys/var/prj_ca/sys
mountbind/media/var/prj_ca/media
whenirun.
lsusbv|grepiiSerialiamgettingtheIPODserialidbut.
ifuseisfailingwithfollowingerror.
ifuse/tmp/apple_inc._ipod_b067d003ed1b22a9fffa47e3654a00e6386a6c9a/
usbmuxd_get_device_list:erroropeningsocket!
Nodevicefound,isitconnected?
Ifitismakesurethatyouruserhaspermissionstoaccesstherawusbdevice.
Ifyourestillhavingissuestryunpluggingthedeviceandreconnectingit.

Iamstuckcanupleasehelp.

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MuhammadUsmanMajeed April22,2013,7:46am

#usermodaGftptony

whatdidtheaswitchdo?

Regards

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prashanth July12,2013,12:35pm

isthereanywaytoaddmultipleuserstoaexistinggroupwithdisturbingordeleting

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existingusersinthatgroup

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GeorgeHuebschman July16,2013,5:49pm

Thanks,
Averyclearthoroughanswertothequestion!

Whenyouhaveachoice,spendyourmoneywhereyoudprefertoworkifyouhadNO
choice.

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bb November7,2013,1:52pm

addusernotuseradd

RE P LY LI NK

Jose December31,2013,10:24pm

Excellentbro!,ImusingfedoraandthisisveryusefullforHTTPDdirectories!

RE P LY LI NK

GolandajS February5,2014,6:45am

adduseraccount

RE P LY LI NK

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GolandajSaddam February5,2014,6:47am
groupadd

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NaveenSharma April25,2014,12:45pm

Igotthisquestionlatelyinaninterview.
OneUserIDcanbelongtomaximumhowmanysecondarygroups.?

Isthereadefiniteno?

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JET April25,2014,11:45pm

Theformatofthisposttookoutanimportantpartofthecommands.PLEASE
DISREGARDABOVE.Hereisanammendedpost:

Asimplemanusermodwillprovidetheoptionsavailable.TheAoptiondoesnot
removeanygroups,itonlyadds.Foraddingausertoagroup,MYpreferredmethodis:
usermodusernameAgroup

Ifyouwishtoaddusertoalistofgroups,youmayuseacommaasdelimiter,asin:
usermodusernameAgroup1,group2,group3

TheGoptionisnotpreferredinmyopinion,itisusedtospecifyallgroupstowhichthe
userwillbelongto,andhastheabilitytoREMOVEauserfromunspecifiedgroups.As
manyhavepointedout,theabilitytoremoveauserfromgroupscanhavenastyresults
ifnotcarefullyused.

So,justusetheAoptiontoaddyourexistinguserstoexistinggroups,andyoushould

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beallset.Goodluck!

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Extra December18,2014,10:51am
GoodpointJet!ThankYou!

RE P LY LI NK

raja May19,2014,2:45am

iamcreatethecreatetotheroupbdbaanuseraddbuthewasnotaddtotheusermod
command.
usermodu1000gdbad|d01|oracle

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lliseil January1,2015,5:26pm

#Postsoriginalcommand(doesnotwork):

useraddGGROUPUSER
useradd:user'USER'alreadyexists

#Workingcommand:

gpasswdaUSERGROUP
AddinguserUSERtogroupGROUP

#Help:

gpasswdh

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Usage:gpasswd[option]GROUP
Options:
a,addUSERaddUSERtoGROUP
d,deleteUSERremoveUSERfromGROUP[/code]

Archlinuxhere.

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pandiyan January3,2015,12:10pm

thanksfriends..

RE P LY LI NK

CraigRMorton January13,2015,3:33pm

Excellent,thankyou.

RE P LY LI NK

HarryHinsonlikeserica February23,2015,12:00pm

completenoobwithlinuxhere

whataretheactualgroupsthatyoucanaddusersto?

iknowtherestheusersgroupforstandardusersbutwhatelseisthere?caniadda
userasasysadminwithfullcontroloverthesystem?oristhatthesameasloggingin
asroot?

ialsounderstanditsapperentlyabadideatologinasrootintoKDEbutwhy?
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sorry,likeisaid,completenoob.justinstalledyesterday.

oh,andalso,eventhoughirealizethisisnttherightplacetoaskthis,ihavenoidea
whereelsetoaskandivebeenserachingforthisforhourshowdoyoumountanew
harddrive?theresplentyofinfotellinghowtomountacdromorafloppydrive,oreven
ausbthumbdrive,butNOWHEREdoesanythingoranyonesayhowtomountasimple
harddrive.isitnotpossibletoaddanadditionalharddrive?icantbelievethatthat
wouldbeimpossible,sotheresgottobeaway.

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harryhindson February24,2015,2:25pm
IpromiseIdofancyhernojoke

RE P LY LI NK

pradeep July16,2015,3:34am

Goodcommandexplanations

RE P LY LI NK

Nina July16,2015,1:18pm

Hi,Iwanttoknowhowtocreateagroupinredhadbuttobesurethatthisgroupis
createdinthelocalmachineandnotinthegridwhereIamconnectedat.Isawman
andfoundoptiongroupaddrthatseesmtoaddtheusertothesystemaccount.How
couldIbesurethatthenewgroupiscreatedinthelocalsystem?Thanks

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Reddy August19,2015,3:55pm

Thisjustsavedmyday.Thankyou.

RE P LY LI NK

angiekarix September29,2015,5:11am

Hi
IwantedtoknowhowIcanaddmultipleusersatonceandnotnecessarilyinone
group.

RE P LY LI NK

ROhit February18,2016,5:56pm

hiAll

HowtocreateGroupinCentos6.7
GroupnameProjectManager

whatistheclicommands
Pleaseshareasap.

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VasanthMuthu February25,2016,9:40pm

Fantastic!!!Yourblogisfullofinformation.Ifinallyaddedausertoagroupinlinux..
Thanks,

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Peter March29,2016,8:06pm

Greatthankyou,tiredoflookingongoogleeverytimelolhittingbacktoschoolthis
summer!

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