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This is for users and groups that are defined by /etc/passwd and /etc/group et al.

Group creation

TODO: TBC

For non-system groups:

addgroup <group name>

(info) Each user's primary group must exist before the user is created unless --user-group is specified on the useradd command.

List users in a group

gent gentent group <group name>

Blue Light user bl

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For a full Linux user, this example is as used at Saitri Savitri Bhavan on "archiver":

useradd --comment 'Vadivel' --create-home --groups archiver,sb-users --user-group vadivel

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In case the user has a dedicated group with the same name:

delgroup $u

LDAP-based

http://wiki.bluelightav.org/display/BLUE/LDAP+Authentication#LDAPAuthentication-UserandGroupManagement

http://wiki.bluelightav.org/x/QADy

TODO: TBCLinux groups and users by OpenLDAP

Problem solving

User can't log on

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