adding users to groups

[Shaun Oliver]

I heard tell that ameer armaly delivered up the following on Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:19:35PM -0400, 
> Hi all.
> i was wondering, how would one go about adding a user to a group besides
> it's own?
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Ameer
> 
> _______________________________________________

Simple.
as root, edit /etc/group with your favorite editor.
at the end of the group statement, add the users as a comma separated 
list. like this.
audio:x:29:shaun,ken,keith,sam,captain-nemo,shaun_oliver
by doing that, everyone in that list can access my audio devices.
hth


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