Granting same access rights to two users?

Ajit Gunge · 07-17-2012, 03:27 AM

Hi All,

I have a user say ABC already created in system.Now I want to create another user that has all the similar priviliges that of ABC.Is there a command using which I can create that new user or grant him the same access rights as ABC.Please let me know.

Thanks,

torchnw · 07-17-2012, 04:01 AM

Not sure if this is what you're asking for, but if you want to give several users the same permissions, you use groups.

Create a new group and give ownership of whatever files you need to this group

Code:

# groupadd abcgroup
# chown -R :abcgroup /path/to/files/

Add the user to the group

Code:

# usermod -G abcgroup ABC

Show what groups a user is a member of.

Code:

# groups ABC

When creating the new user ( say DEF ), you can add this group straight away

Code:

# useradd -G abcgroup DEF

Lexus45 · 07-17-2012, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by torchnw

Add the user to the group

Code:

# usermod -G abcgroup ABC

A little note.
The "-G" option adds the user to the specified group and deletes from all other groups.
So, if you want to add a user to some group and to leave him in other on the same time, do it in this way:

Code:

usermod -aG newgroupname username

The "a" option will prevent the user from being removed from other groups.

xj-linux · 07-17-2012, 06:53 PM

smitty user
Add the new user to the group ABC is in.

NevemTeve · 07-18-2012, 11:23 PM

or: mcedit /etc/group -- simple and platform-independent