How do I add someone to my ETC group?
You can add a user to a group in Linux using the usermod command. To add a user to a group, specify the -a -G flags. These should be followed by the name of the group to which you want to add a user and the user’s username.
Can I edit ETC group?
The vipw and vigr commands are used to safely edit the files /etc/passwd and /etc/group in Linux systems. They will put appropriate locks when editing /etc/passwd and /etc/group files to prevent other users from making any changes in them and avoid file corruption.
How to add user to group that does not exist?
So even though a group named5067exists: # useradd -g 5067 testuser useradd: group ‘5067’ does not exist I suspect this is the root of your problem. That you don’t see the new group when running groupsis normal. Any new groups you’ve added a user to won’t take effect until that user logs in.
How to create a user in a group?
Typically, when a user is created without specifying a group with -g or –gid, the default behavior is to set their primary group as their username, and this gid is not placed in the /etc/group file. Hence files and directories created by the user joe will have ownership joe:joe. But you will not find group ‘joe’ in the /etc/group file.
When does groupmod does not exist in / ETC / Group?
No, The error i listed, “groupmod: group ‘dba’ does not exist in /etc/group” occurs when the group does not exist in /etc/group at all (either by name or by gid). If the group already exists the playbook shows ‘changed’, even though it obviously has changed nothing.
Which is the primary group in / etc / passwd?
The primary group is the main one shown in /etc/passwd, that a user is in upon login. For a user to be in a supplementary group, their user name is added to the group entry in /etc/group. If you use id -a , it will show the primary and the supplementary groups.