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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Removing a user that doesnt exist from a group Post 302542104 by birei on Tuesday 26th of July 2011 05:26:14 PM
Old 07-26-2011
Hi,

Test if next command can be useful for you:
Code:
$ gpasswd -d user group

Regards,
Birei
 

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gpasswd(1)						      General Commands Manual							gpasswd(1)

NAME
gpasswd - change group password SYNOPSIS
gpasswd [-r|-l|-u] [group] DESCRIPTION
gpasswd changes passwords for group accounts. Only an administrator may change the password for any group. The used hash algorithmus is defined by the value of GROUP_CRYPT or, if not specified, CRYPT from /etc/default/passwd. If not configured, the traditinal des algorith- mus is used. OPTIONS
-r Remove group password. -l A system administrator can lock the password of the specified group. -u A system administrator can unlock the password of the specified group, if the group is not passwordless afterwards (it will not unlock a group that has only "!" as a password). FILES
/etc/group - group account information /etc/default/passwd - default values for password hash SEE ALSO
group(5), groupadd(8), groupdel(8), groupmod(8) AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> pwdutils July 2006 gpasswd(1)
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