Ubuntu Server 8: Managing users & groups: How to?

Tony Arnold tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk
Mon Jun 30 20:59:44 UTC 2008


Robert,

Robert Dailey wrote:

> Is there a way to manage users & groups in Ubuntu Server much like
> packages are managed in Aptitude? Something graphical on the command
> line so I can worry a little less about command line parameters. If not,
> is there a tutorial or reference somewhere that describes how to do a
> couple of user/group related things, such as moving a user from one
> group to another, adding users to and removing users from groups?

A command line solution, but check out the man pages for adduser and
addgroup.

Regards,
Tony.
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