Re: usermod

From: Ed Wilts (ewilts_at_ewilts.org)
Date: 03/30/05

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    Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:47:16 -0600
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    On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 08:20:44AM -0600, Steve Buehler wrote:
    > I know you can use "usermod" on RedHat Linux to add a user to another group
    > by typing:
    > usermod -G sam,frank steve
    > This would effectively add steve to the "frank" and "sam" group. How do
    > you remove them from those groups without editing the /etc/group file
    > manually?

    man gpasswd.

    This appears to be a very little-known tool. I don't know why that's
    so, but it is a great utility for exactly this reason.

    To remove the group sam from user steve:

    # gpasswd -d steve sam 

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