adding unix groups

[kai at uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu]

The file is "/etc/group", not "/etc/groups".  The format is:

	groupname::groupnumber:member1,member2(,membern...)

For example:

	sw::31:sloppy,slimy
	hw::32:sloppy,silly

The file "/etc/passwd" defines the "default group" (referenced by number) to
which you belong.  You do not have to be listed in /etc/group for that
group.

The command "groups username" displays what groups any particular user is a
member of.  After changing the /etc/group file, the user must logout and back
in again to have any changes take effect.

Patrick Wolfe  (pwolfe at kai.com,  kailand!pwolfe)
System Manager, Kuck and Associates, Inc.