UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

All,

How i can add a user to a group so that the user will ahve all permsion on that directory .

(sys12nl:/work/cn/>) groups crcv1
canusr

and

(sys12nl:/work/cn/>) groups pfmgr
pfw users

i am having the .ssh in the directory /work/cn/ which has permision as drwx------ .

My code is running as pfmgr . So when my code try to find the directory .ssh it fails with permision no permision to read .

If i add canusr to my group pfmgr . Will my code will have permission to .ssh file ?? .

Again how i add canusr to my group pfmgr . Please let me know .

Thanks,
Arun

check the "usermod" command, with "-g" option to add a primary group, and "-G" to add secondary group:

Code:

#usermod -g group username

or maybe you can edit the /etc/passwd if you know how to.

Regards
Aladdi

Hello...

What is the difference between a primary and secondary group for an user?

Thanks,

Fernanda

Primary Versus Secondary Groups
One final note on groups is that it is important to understand the difference between the primary and secondary group. A user can only be a member of one primary group. The primary group is the group that any files they create will belong to by default. However, a user can be a member of multiple secondary groups.

The primary group is the one that is listed in the /etc/passwd file along with the user's entry. Any other group that the user is a member of in /etc/group is considered to be a secondary group.

be a member of a secondary group means that this user will have same privileges that users in this group?