Dec 8, 2008 · In Unix/Linux, how do you find out what group a given user is in via command line?

Jul 21, 2015 · Two places possible: /etc/group and /etc/passwd. If I use command: adduser [username] [groupname], then the user would be added to the group, and the file /etc/group …

Feb 20, 2011 · Why can't Linux user edit files in group he is a part of? I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and had the same problem where a user cannot write to a file to whom he is allowed group …

May 14, 2014 · R creates a group called staff and I want to be able to update packages without starting R as sudo. So I added myself to staff using: sudo usermod -G …

75 I have a server running where I use PHP to run a Bash script to verify certain information of a user. For example, I have a webhosting server set up, and in order to be able to add another …

Mar 30, 2015 · 82 I want to retrieve group id of a particular group name. Is there a command in Linux/UNIX systems to do this? Also if I want to do it the other way - get group name from …

The trick is to use useradd instead of its interactive wrapper adduser. I usually create users with: RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash newuser which creates a home directory for the user and ensures …

Jun 21, 2022 · You can achieve that on the group level by using the SETGID (SET Group ID) flag of chmod: chmod g+s <directory> From the docs: On most systems, if a directory’s set-group …

May 14, 2010 · How do I list all members of a group in Linux (and possibly other unices)?

May 12, 2014 · 14 In summary and in general, you can use the useradd command to add users to a linux system. The -u flag allows you to set a specific user id and the -g flag allows you to set …