> > I want to add a user to another group w/out removing the groups the user > > already belongs to. > > > > in man usermod: > > -G group,[...] > > A list of supplementary groups which the user is also > > a member of. Each group is separated from the next by a comma, with no > > intervening whitespace. The groups are subject to the > > same restrictions as the group given with the -g option. If the > > user is currently a member of a group which is not > > listed, the user will be removed from the group. This behaviour can > > be changed via -a option, which appends user to the current > > supplementary group list. > > > > ok...I kinda get this but unclear of the exact format and I am super > > fearful of ripping up my userbase. > > > > Here is what I think it should be: > > > > # usermod <user> -a -G <group> > > > > where the user's name is say..."pete" and I want him to be added to the > > group "tech": > > > > # usermod pete -a -G tech > > > > Say pete is already in groups ummm, sales,admin, and help. After > > administering the above command, would pete still be in sales, > > admin,help, and now tech? I am interested in the simplest, correct way > > to do this. > > > > thx, > > > > John Rose > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > The command should be > # usermod -G <group1,group2...> <username> > When doing it this way you need to specify ALL the groups the user > belongs to as this does not append to the current list. So to get a list > of groups a user may be associated with type > # groups <username> > Then take the output to be used with usermod command. Or you can just > edit the /etc/groups file by hand > > Zeb ok, thx, Zeb! sure works for me John > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos