there is possible in sh to create a function who return a boolean value?
You can use true or false commands:
Or use your own function:
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2)i have to verify if an user belongs to a group and i think it is needed to create a function which take two parameter and return a boolean value. in fact i have to parse /etc/group file and try to find out if my user (user taken from param1) belongs to group (group taken from param2). Any ideas? Thanks
RH 7.2
I'm trying to list the users & groups on my machine. I found the lsuser & lsgroup commands but no associated man pages.
I typed: lsuser
I get --> Valid options are: -a
So I typed: lsuser -a
I get --> Valid options are: groups, home
So I typed: lsuser -a groups
I get -->... (2 Replies)
Hi all
usermod -G Group_id login
it is replacing the existiong Secoundry groups and is adding the only group speced in usermod command
how can we retain the existing secoundry groups and add a user to a new group (6 Replies)
hi eveyone i've recently requested my unix admin to create a userid for 2 groups. He created the id and i can see it by grep "id" /etc/group.
But when i login with that id into unix and try to cd that group it says permission denied. something like cd /groupname -- permission denied
Can my admin... (1 Reply)
How do I remove a user from a group? I'm using the usermod command but its not working.
I have a user "abc" who is a member of the groups root and other. I'm trying to remove him from the group "other" (using CLI) which is his secondary group but it's not working.
How do I do this? Is there any... (11 Replies)
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How can I add a group1, group2 and group3 inside another global group called systemgroup?
I have differents users in group1,2,3n and I create a sysgroup, now I want to add theses groups into the global.. is it possible?
NOTE: Debian OS running.
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Hi
I am new to unix so hopefully someone can help. I need to list all the users I have in my unix enviroment (AIX) and the groups (primary and secondary) they belong to.
Can anyone help?
Many thanks in advance (2 Replies)
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! I have a question about adding users to multiple groups. Thanks in advance
Using Red Hat and here are the issues:
Example:
Users:
Bob
Mark
Groups:
SystemsAnalysts
BusinessAnalysts
If I am adding a user Bob to both groups (SystemsAnalysts and... (2 Replies)
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Could anyone please suggest how we can check in Linux if a user or a group name is already existing? In case of a user the command should also be able to specify the user with a given directory and shell. We can of course check this using a grep command but since that is just a pattern match,... (12 Replies)
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listusers
listusers(1) General Commands Manual listusers(1)NAME
listusers - display user login data
SYNOPSIS
groups] logins]
DESCRIPTION
The command displays data concerning user logins. The output shows the user login and the comment field value (for example, user name,
location). The default displays data about all user logins.
Options
The command supports the following options:
Display only users who have
groups, as their primary group. Use with the option.
Display only users who have
groups, as their supplementary group. Use with the option.
Display all users belonging to
groups, sorted by login. A comma separated list specifies multiple groups.
Display the requested
logins. A comma separated list specifies multiple logins.
Display only users belonging to the specified repository,
either for NIS or users.
A user login has a UID of 100 or greater.
When the and options are combined, a user login is only displayed once, even though the login may belong to multiple specified groups.
EXAMPLES
List all user logins.
List all user logins in the group and the users removing all duplicates.
List all users who have as their primary group.
List all users who have as their supplementary group.
List only local user logins.
List only NIS user logins.
FILES SEE ALSO passwd(1), logins(1M), group(4), passwd(4).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE listusers(1)