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From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: adduser
Date: 7 Jan 1997 15:06:39 GMT
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Wouter de Boer (wouter.de.boer@pobox.com) wrote:
: But this command don't create the new group. Is this possible with the
: adduser command to create a new group ?? And with which command can I
: create a new group to my system. I have read several books, but I can't
: find nothing about creating new groups.
I've always edited /etc/group and added the new group. I *believe*
there's a passwd option that can change things like shell(s), home
directory, etc. As for a group(s) option, man passwd.
Run chgrp to explicitly change the group(s) of certain files.
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Nate [nvp@shore.net||nvp@nfic.com]
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