New User will not be listed in /etc/group

Orangutanklaus · 06-05-2006, 02:53 AM

Aloha!

I just added a new user with adduser. I had chosen the default group users.
I tested the new account (logged in & out) ..well

But why is the new user not listet behind users: in the /etc/group file?

zulfilee · 06-05-2006, 03:29 AM

Type
id username

Check the groupid of that user.
See if that gid is available in /etc/group

Maybe you have added the user to a previously existing group.

If yes,use
usermod
command to change the group of that user.

Zulfi

gbonvehi · 06-05-2006, 03:53 AM

The main group of the user is defined in /etc/passwd

PS: You may wonder why your user is by default in some other groups too, those are defined in /etc/login.defs

Orangutanklaus · 06-05-2006, 04:17 AM

Thx for the replies.

@gbonvehi
And which assignment has the file /etc/group?

gbonvehi · 06-05-2006, 04:55 AM

It defines the groups and the users that belongs to them. As you know now, not necessary all users of the groups are listed here because they may be defined in /etc/passwd (this is only the main group, for others you need to assing them in /etc/group) and /etc/login.defs which sets the default groups for users login in a console.
If you need to include a user in a group, edit /etc/group.

Orangutanklaus · 06-05-2006, 05:33 AM

Thank you for this info.