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Operating systems such as Linux, and Mac OS, (and Windows 10???) have a notion of groups to manage collaboration of the [[users]] of the system. | |||
== Check the groups of a user == | |||
groups | |||
groups ''username'' | |||
== Add an Existing User Account to a Group == | == Add an Existing User Account to a Group == | ||
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sudo groupadd ''mynewgroup'' | sudo groupadd ''mynewgroup'' | ||
== Change the group of a file/folder == | |||
chgrp ''group'' ''fileorfolder'' | |||
To change the group of a folder and all its contents, use the -R (recursive) option: | |||
chgrp -R ''group'' ''folder'' | |||
For even more social/sharable folders, see [[ACL]]. | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* https://www. | * https://www.howtogeek.com/50787/add-a-user-to-a-group-or-second-group-on-linux/ | ||
Latest revision as of 11:40, 22 April 2020
Operating systems such as Linux, and Mac OS, (and Windows 10???) have a notion of groups to manage collaboration of the users of the system.
Check the groups of a user
groups
groups username
Add an Existing User Account to a Group
usermod -a -G group username
Create a new group
sudo groupadd mynewgroup
Change the group of a file/folder
chgrp group fileorfolder
To change the group of a folder and all its contents, use the -R (recursive) option:
chgrp -R group folder
For even more social/sharable folders, see ACL.