Add user to group

[mop]

Anyone know how to add a user to a group via SSH in Linux?

[Jordan]

If the user already exists you can use 'usermod':

# usermod -a -G <NewGroup> <UserName>

This will add a group to a user as a secondary group. If you want to change the primary group:

# usermod -g <Group> <UserName>

[Hektor]

Isn't there a way to do this when you create the user also?

[TcM]

Well, when doing that through a GUI you can, so I guess you can from the CLI too...

[SexYLinuX]

But I think GUI is different....

[Tor]

You can add them to groups at creation with the useradd command:

# useradd -G {group-name} username

[SexYLinuX]

Hehe, the command is nearly the same as the moduser... but instead it's adduser.. funny.

[HappyUser]

Yeah the GUI is different, but at the back there is the CLI I think... it still executes the same commands... but in a nicer way!