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--- linux_wiki:create_delete_and_modify_local_groups_and_group_memberships [2016/03/05 16:47]
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-====== Create Delete And Modify Local Groups And Group Memberships ======
-**General Information**
-Local group management.
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-===== Important Files =====
-Groups config file
-  * /etc/group
-===== Group Commands =====
-See what groups a user is a part of (two methods)
-<code bash>
-id student
-groups student
-</code>
-\\
-See what members are apart of the group "class1"
-<code bash>
-getent group class1
-OR
-groupmems -l -g class1
-</code>
-\\
-Create new group
-<code bash>
-groupadd class1
-</code>
-  * Other options
-    * -g => specify a group id
-    * -r => create a system group
-\\
-Set primary group (-g) for the user "student" to "class1"
-<code bash>
-usermod -g class1 student
-</code>
-\\
-Append (-a) supplementary group(-G) for the user "student"
-<code bash>
-usermod -aG class2 student
-</code>
-\\
-Change group name to "class5" from "class1"
-<code bash>
-groupmod -n class5 class1
-</code>
-\\
-Delete group
-<code bash>
-groupdel class5
-</code>
-  * Note: Cannot delete a user's primary group
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