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/etc/group question

is there a O/S command in solaris 9 that adds a user to a group?
Or do you have to do it manually?

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root@jumpy # groups pressy
other
root@jumpy # usermod -g staff pressy
root@jumpy # groups pressy
staff
root@jumpy # usermod -G other pressy
root@jumpy # groups pressy
staff other
root@jumpy #

where g changes the primary group and G add new groups

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