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Old 01-18-2013
Change the default group of a user
Hi ,

for user test we have 3 groups.

1. test
2. dba
3. qa

by default the group it test. How can I change the default group to dba?
# 2  
Old 01-18-2013
Which OS?

usermod is typically available on most OS's, but without knowing your OS, we can't say which command you should use.
# 3  
Old 01-18-2013
uname -a returning this result

Code:
Linux ***************** 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Sat
May 7 20:18:50 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


Hostname removed. Also usermod not working. And I don't have the root privilege.
# 4  
Old 01-18-2013
If you don't have root privileges, then you'd better ask someone who has Smilie
# 5  
Old 01-18-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott
If you don't have root privileges, then you'd better ask someone who has Smilie
but the user is already into that group .. I just want one of change the default one.. still need the root access?

Thought it can be done without root access. Seems like need to raise ticket for the same to unix admin and have to wait for their SLA Smilie
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Old 01-18-2013
You might be able to use newgrp but that is only a temporary change.
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