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From: samlb@well.UUCP (Samuel B. Bassett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Setting up groups
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Date: 13 Dec 87 09:22:52 GMT
Reply-To: samlb@well.UUCP (Samuel B. Bassett)
Organization: Whole Earth Lectroinic Link, Sausalito, CA
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Semi-arcane question:

	How do you assign a user to more than one group?

	I've been appointed assistant sysadmin at work, and the subject of
group read/write permissions has come up, and the sysadmin just looks blank
when I ask how to enroll users in more than one group.

	I know how to create groups -- add an entry for the group name,
password, group number, and a comma-delimited member list in /etc/group.

	I know how to assign a given user to _one_ group -- put the group 
number in the 4th column of his/her/its entry in /etc/passwd.

	But if I want to have users be in _two_ or more groups (so they can read and write files in several different areas, I don't know how to do it.

	Can anyone enlighten me?
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