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=Adding an existing user to an existing group=


sudo usermod -a -G <group> <user>


Adding existing user to a group
=Add user to a group without logoff=


Usually you need to logout and login again for the new group permissions to take effect.
sudo usermod -a -G <group> <user>

But you can skip the logout and login if you do this after adding the user to the group:

newgrp my-new-group
newgrp

Latest revision as of 00:35, 8 November 2012

Adding an existing user to an existing group

sudo usermod -a -G <group> <user>

Add user to a group without logoff

Usually you need to logout and login again for the new group permissions to take effect.

But you can skip the logout and login if you do this after adding the user to the group:

newgrp my-new-group
newgrp