Add a User to a Group (or Second Group) on Linux

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本文介绍如何在Linux系统中管理用户组，包括添加新用户组、将用户添加到组、更改用户的主组、查看用户所属组及同时添加用户并指定组等操作。

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Add a New Group

To add a new group, all you need to do is use the groupadd command like so:

groupadd <groupname>

Add an Existing User to a Group

Next we’ll add a user to the group, using this syntax:

usermod -a -G <groupname> username

For example, to add user geek to the group admins, use the following command:

usermod -a -G admins geek

Change a User’s Primary Group

Sometimes you might want to switch out the primary group that a user is assigned to, which you can do with this command:

usermod -g <groupname> username

View a User’s Group Assignments

If you’re trying to figure out a permissions issue, you’ll want to use the id command to see what groups the user is assigned to:

id <username>

This will display output something like this:

uid=500(howtogeek) gid=500(howtogeek) groups=500(howtogeek), 1093(admins)

You can also use the groups command if you prefer, though it is the same as using id -Gn <username>.

groups <username>

View a List of All Groups

To view all the groups on the system, you can just use the groups command:

groups

Add a New User and Assign a Group in One Command

Sometimes you might need to add a new user that has access to a particular resource or directory, like adding a new FTP user. You can do so with the useradd command:

useradd -g <groupname> username

For instance, lets say you wanted to add a new user named jsmith to the ftp group:

useradd -G ftp jsmith

And then you’ll want to assign a password for that user, of course:

passwd jsmith

Add a User to Multiple Groups

You can easily add a user to more than one group by simply specifying them in a comma-delimited list, as long as you are assigning the secondary groups: