Linux user group management
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2020-03-16
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03-16
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# on Debian/Ubuntu
addgroup groupname             # create a new group
adduser username grouptoadd    # add username to grouptoadd
deluser username grouptoremove # remove username from grouptoremove

# on CentOS
/sbin/usermod -aG grouptoadd username # add username to grouptoadd
id -nG username                       # show groups, eg: g1 g2 g3
/sbin/usermod -G g1,g2 username       # remove username from group "g3"
id -nG username                       # show groups, eg: g1 g2