Hi Guys,

Just want to ask some questions upon creating users and assigning to groups. I am using SLES9, when i create a new user, and assigned it into a new group (ex: newgroup), why does this newly created user is still a member of the group "users"? i issue a command ls -l on the dir of /home and it says "users", here are the commands i used upon creating and assigning to a group:

groupadd newgroup
useradd -m newuser -p password -g newgroup

now when i issue a command ls -l on the directory of /home is see this

6 root root 144 Jul 23 02:36 .
22 root root 144 Jul 23 03:36 ..
12 newuser users 144 Jul 23 04:36 newuser

why does the newuser still in the group users??

in the file /etc/passwd:

newuser:x:1003:100::/home/newuser:/bin/bash

and also in the file of /etc/group:

newgroup:!:1000:newuser

now, how come in the file "passwd" the "newuser" is on the group of 100 which equivalent to the group "users"
instead of 1000?? and when i issue the command ls -l on the dir of /home it says "users" instead of "newgroup"... ?


i'm really confused here, any guys would like to help me with this one??

The syntax in your commands is the cause of your problems. In your second command you have created a user called newgroup instead of a user called newuser. You have also ended up creating a group called newuser. You should do the following.

Hey thanks reddaz

I'ved tried what you've said, and it works, maybe i'll try to experiment on this commands, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.. =)

Hey thanks reddaz

I'ved tried what you've said, and it works, maybe i'll try to experiment on this commands, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.. =)