On 11/25/12, Wolf Halton <wolf.hal...@gmail.com> wrote: > right. > usermod makes changes to user. > useradd is not interactive, so makes an automated script for adding many > users more possible to write. including setting nonstandard home directory > or extra groups. > adduser is interactive but does not let you put a user in multiple groups, > i don't think.
# as an extra step of course, # choose list of groups you want the user to be in: groups="adm disk sound scanner etc" # then, add that user to each group: for g in $groups; do adduser $theuser $g; done # or do it this way (and other ways for sure): echo $groups | xargs -n 1 adduser $theuser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOsGNSSgGLYoMm1hmcqYKmWP-AELZDkFaWHPUN4A=gfybgf...@mail.gmail.com
