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Old 07-13-2012, 05:20 AM   #1
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manage groups in Ubuntu


Hi, I wanted to add myself to the group mail so I opened system settings>user accounts, but there is nothing there to manage user groups. Where and how do I do that? I'd rather use a gui than the command line.
 
Old 07-13-2012, 06:40 AM   #2
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See this link -->http://www.ubuntugeek.com/addmodify-...using-gui.html

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Old 07-13-2012, 06:59 AM   #3
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Sorry, but that link shows an old version of ubuntu, if I go to system settings > user accounts, there is no tab or button 'manage groups'
 
Old 07-13-2012, 07:04 AM   #4
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Here is what I see under user accounts.
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Old 07-13-2012, 07:04 AM   #5
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Nothing about groups, nowhere
 
Old 07-13-2012, 08:05 AM   #6
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Then do it command line. You probably do not have something installed.
 
Old 07-14-2012, 02:50 AM   #7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedroski View Post
I wanted to add myself to the group mail ... I'd rather use a gui than the command line.
If you can possibly manage to try using the terminal for this you could easily do it with the gpasswd command:
Code:
sudo gpasswd -a pedroski mail
This assumes that your user name is pedroski and you are adding that user to the group mail.

You could also use the useradd command as is discussed here:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-l...user-to-group/

There is also the usermod command that will work for this:
http://nixcraft.com/ubuntu-debian/85...ser-group.html

This is a perfect example of a situation where the GUI may be inadequate, but a few seconds at the terminal can get the job done.
 
  


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