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by **Mitch Appleb** » Tue, 14 Sep 1999 04:00:00

This has to be simple, but I can't seem to find a reference to creating a
group. I just need to define a group and put users in it. Can someone
point me to what command I should be using?

Using Linux Red Hat 5.2 and 6.0 with Samba 2.0. We just what to replace an
NT server for file serving only.

Mitch Appleby
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by **Roland Exle** » Wed, 15 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> This has to be simple, but I can't seem to find a reference to creating a
> group. I just need to define a group and put users in it. Can someone
> point me to what command I should be using?

just edit /etc/group with any editor you prefer, add a new group ID and add
the users to this group either by changing their primary group id in
/etc/passwd to this id or adding the users to this group. If you set the users
primary group id, all files created by the users will have this id ad default.
If just adding the users to the group, they get the right to access the files
from this group.

If you have a GUI like KDE running, there is also a User Manager in it, which
lets you edit the files with a simple to use GUI.

Hope this helps,
Roland

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Group - define a new one

Group - define a new one

Group - define a new one