OpenSolaris changing primary user group

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How to change primary user group of a user? Preferably without losing the current primary group altogether as the user is part of 'staff' ie. admin. I suppose I could create another admin user and then recreate the original user, but is there a simpler way?

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 13 '12 at 06:39

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Use usermod(1M):

# usermod -g PRIMARY_GROUP -G SECONDARY_GROUP username

edited Oct 13 '12 at 06:39

alanc

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answered Jul 16 '10 at 20:49

gtirloni

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 02 '12 at 08:08

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Have you tried the newgrp command?

edited Sep 02 '12 at 08:08

alanc

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answered Jul 16 '10 at 13:22

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newgrp changes the group for just the current login session, usermod as suggested by @gtirloni changes the default groups defined in the passwd and group files for all future logins. – alanc Sep 02 '12 at 08:08

OpenSolaris changing primary user group

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