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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Adding root user to a group Post 87292 by The Specialist on Saturday 22nd of October 2005 01:49:58 AM
Old 10-22-2005
Thanks for that. Smilie

Do I need to list all the other groups that root is a member of ?

The -G syntax states that you need to list all current groups or you will no longer be a members of those groups.

I just need to make sure, I can't have any mistakes.

Last edited by The Specialist; 10-22-2005 at 03:14 AM..
 

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groups(1)						      General Commands Manual							 groups(1)

NAME
groups - Displays your group membership SYNOPSIS
groups [user] DESCRIPTION
The groups command writes to standard output the groups to which you or the specified user belong. The Tru64 UNIX operating system allows a user to belong to many different groups at the same time. Your primary group is specified in the /etc/passwd file. Once you are logged in, you can change your active group with the newgrp shell command (see sh). When you create a file, its group ID is that of your active group. Other groups that you belong to are specified in the /etc/group file. If you belong to more than one group, you can access files belonging to any of those groups without changing your primary group ID. These are called your concurrent groups. NOTES
The /etc/passwd and /etc/group files must be on the same node. EXAMPLES
To determine your group membership, enter: groups The groups to which you belong will be displayed. For example: devel prod FILES
Contains group information. Contains user information. SEE ALSO
Commands: csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1) Functions: initgroups(3), setgroups(2) groups(1)
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