Linux create a user group

saida -  
 poupinette -
Hello
I work with the Linux system, and I want to create user groups. I'm using the commands: addgroup or groupadd or addgrp but it's not working; can you help me!!!
Thank you in advance
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burrin Posted messages 203 Status Member 69
 
groupadd will create a user group for you.

Its syntax is: groupadd toto

This command will create the group toto. To verify that this is the case, check if this group has been listed in the file /etc/group with this command:
cat /etc/group | grep toto

You should normally see the group as well as the users in it (none for now)

To add a user to a group, the simplest solution will be to add their name at the end of this line, separated by semicolons if you have multiple.

Otherwise, you can use the usermod command to modify a user's groups
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poupinette
 
application
accessory
terminal
type "su"
enter the administrator password
then groupadd groupname
to add a group
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zozizon Posted messages 678 Status Member 41
 
Hello.
Check the manual for these commands:
man groupadd
man useradd
Some distributions offer graphical environments for this.
Good luck.
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jeanbi Posted messages 15399 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 383
 
hello,
check in the console
system-config-users
that should help you out
see you later

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