Common Linux Group Commands

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Author: Tripp W Black

Created: 02/16/2011 at 01:34 AM

 

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Add new group "mygroup":
sudo groupadd mygroup

To view membership of a group:
sudo grep ^mygroup /etc/group
or
sudo getent group mygroup
The top command lists only the contents of the /etc/group file of local primary group membership. The secondary group associates are in /etc/passwd in field/column 4.
The second command displays the group mygroup's secondary memberships in /etc/passwd. It also returns secondary memberships in a domain (SAMBA) directory.

Add user to group:
sudo usermod -G mygroup newuser

List groups a user is a member:
sudo groups existingusernm

To review the Samba domain group mapping, if Samba is set-up via Samba 4's Active Directory:
sudo net groupmap list

Alternately, on Ubuntu, you can use the samba-tool:
sudo samba-tool group list


List all users
sudo getent passwd


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