1GROUPMEMS(8)              System Management Commands              GROUPMEMS(8)
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NAME

6       groupmems - administer members of a user's primary group
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SYNOPSIS

9       groupmems -a user_name | -d user_name | -l | -p | [-g group_name]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The groupmems utility allows a user to administer his/her own group
13       membership list without the requirement of super user privileges. The
14       groupmems utility is for systems that configure its users to be in
15       their own name sake primary group (i.e., guest / guest).
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17       Only the super user, as administrator, can use groupmems to alter the
18       memberships of other groups.
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OPTIONS

21       The options which apply to the groupmems command are:
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23       -a user_name
24          Add a new user to the group membership list.
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27          Delete a user from the group membership list.
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29       -p Purge all users from the group membership list.
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32          The super user can specify which group membership list to modify.
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34       -l List the group membership list.
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SETUP

37       The groupmems executable should be in mode 2770 as user root and in
38       group groups. The system administrator can add users to group groups to
39       allow or disallow them using the groupmems utility to manage their own
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42               $ groupadd -r groups
43               $ chmod 2770 groupmems
44               $ chown root.groups groupmems
45               $ groupmems -g groups -a gk4
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FILES

49       /etc/group
50          Group account information.
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52       /etc/gshadow
53          secure group account information
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SEE ALSO

56       chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), groupadd(8), groupdel(8), useradd(8),
57       userdel(8), usermod(8).
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61System Management Commands        07/30/2006                      GROUPMEMS(8)