Easy (and dumb) Linux Question

[Workin']

I can't figure this out 😱

How do I create and manage groups and assign users to them from the command line? I'm running Debian "woody" if that makes a difference.

Thanks!

 

[Armitage]

just edit the /etc/group file to add a group, and edit the /etc/passwd file to add users to the new group.

You can look at the man pages for group & passwd to get the details.

 

[Nothinman]

useradd, userdel, usermod, groupadd, groupdel. groupmod.

Or you can just edit /etc/passwd and /etc/group manually if you want. /etc/passwd only contains the user's primary group, don't try to put mulitple groups in there.