Goal: add gottlieb to group scanner. It seems that -aG works but --append --groups doesn't
I will file a bug in b.g.o. unless I did something wrong. thanks in advance allan ajglap portage # usermod --groups scanner --append gottlieb Usage: usermod [options] LOGIN Options: -a, --append append the user to the supplemental GROUPS (use only with -G) -c, --comment COMMENT new value of the GECOS field -d, --home HOME_DIR new home directory for the user account -e, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE set account expiration date to EXPIRE_DATE -f, --inactive INACTIVE set password inactive after expiration to INACTIVE -g, --gid GROUP force use GROUP as new primary group -G, --groups GROUPS new list of supplementary GROUPS -h, --help display this help message and exit -l, --login NEW_LOGIN new value of the login name -L, --lock lock the user account -m, --move-home move contents of the home directory to the new location (use only with -d) -o, --non-unique allow using duplicate (non-unique) UID -p, --password PASSWORD use encrypted password for the new password -s, --shell SHELL new login shell for the user account -u, --uid UID new UID for the user account -U, --unlock unlock the user account ajglap portage # usermod -aG scanner gottlieb ajglap portage # grep gottlieb /etc/group wheel:x:10:root,gottlieb cron:x:16:cron,gottlieb audio:x:18:gottlieb cdrom:x:19:haldaemon,gottlieb video:x:27:root,gottlieb games:x:35:gottlieb cdrw:x:80:gottlieb,haldaemon portage:x:250:portage,gottlieb gottlieb:x:1502: scanner:x:1504:gottlieb plugdev:x:1507:gottlieb,haldaemon -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list