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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


   ''group''
   groups ''username''
  Command to show what group the current user belong to.


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.
== 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]].
 
== Links ==


Related linux commands:
* https://www.howtogeek.com/50787/add-a-user-to-a-group-or-second-group-on-linux/
* chgrp

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.

Links