users and groups
Matthew Flaschen
matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Sat Dec 27 14:10:12 UTC 2008
Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> If you want this user to be able to use another Desktop he must be
> given the Group that can use this. You do this with addgroup as root.
Wrong. All addgroup does is add a group with the GID optionally
specified on the command line. It does not add users /to/ groups. As
the man page says, "The group is created with no users." To add a user
to the group, you use usermod as I already said.
> Make at least 3 new users with addusr and then just work with these
> users. You can login as one of the users and such. Great fun. This all
> works well.
No, it really doesn't, as you would know if you tested.
Matt Flaschen
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