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JP
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 Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2025 8:58 pm Post subject: <resolved>Looking for some commands |
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I have been looking at some of the references in this forum, but have been unable to find just what I want (yes, I admit I may have overlooked something, or it may be named something different than what I think it should be  ); these are the commands I'm looking for.
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1. I want to be able to determine what command I should use to find out which groups that a particular user is assigned to: e.g. user "john"
2. I want to be able to determine what command I should use to either add or delete that particular user from the groups.
3. I want to be able to determine what command I should use to locate all of the available groups in my system.
This has all been discussed in many places here, most likely, but I haven't been able to locate it, so any help will be appreciated. I'm sure that some others will be able to learn from this post, as well as myself.
TIA, JP
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2025 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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1. I just 'less /etc/group'
2. I just 'vi /etc/group'
3. again, 'less /etc/group'
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2025 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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For #1 you could do this: | Code: | | cat /etc/group | grep <username> |
For #2 check out the man pages for groupmod.
For #3 you can look at /etc/group with the cat command.
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d_riordan
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If you're looking for a way to edit groups other than manually editing the /etc/group file, try running:
This turned up a slew of commands on my Ubuntu system.
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. Both work great! Obviously, there's more than one way to break an egg suckin dog!!