Linux Tip | How to Manage Groups

A look at the concept of User Groups in Linux and how you can work with them.

No graphic tool in Ubuntu? Install this:

sudo apt install gnome-system-tools

Basic commands for working with groups at a terminal with a mythical group called "snarf:"

sudo groupadd snarf

sudo adduser joe snarf

sudo deluser joe snarf

sudo groupdel snarf

[motoryzen]

11:13. That is just one of the many reasons why I LOVE watching and listening to content from Joe Collins. I wish Wendell would do that from Level1Techs.

[rockfreak]

Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats,
Snarf is the "pet" catlike creature in the show.

[NMYL]

I remember the first system i was ever admin on I issued the commend rm -rf / and then wondered why my system stopped working. This was in the days of Redhat 5 and I was logged in a root. End result was I had to reinstall the entire system from CD..

If I had the kind of technology to learn on then that we have now such as vm''s and live cd's then I'd be a lot smarter.. The young kids today don't know how lucky they are at being able to clone VM's in minutes and just mess them up and restore to a snapshot in seconds.

[JeremiahBess]

Joe, you were incorrect on something in your video, I'd like to provide a correction for new Linux users. The /etc/passwd file does not contain group names. It only holds user accounts and details for those accounts. Groups are managed in /etc/group. This distinction can be confusing because group names are usually the same as account names. With GUI tools, it is unlikely that modern users will need to know which file contains what, but just wanted to make it clear.

[MrJgohde]

Groups are a legacy feature of the Linux DE that so far, Debian and Ubuntu have been too chicken / lazy to remove from the Desktop. In other words, as long as Mint can blame it on Ubuntu, they have no reason to remove it. Plus, as long as everyone maintains that Linux does NOT work for organizations, everyone is a "Default Login" in the Linux DE even if somebody's grandmother knows how to live with Linux. As they say, if you break Linux, just reinstall it. No big deal.

[wikingagresor]

Poor Cindy, she even isn't in such groups as audio and video - can she even watch a youtube video on this computer I wonder ?

[TrailToHeaven]

I have noticed you only use Debian and Debian-based Distros. Why?
As a linux user, shouldn't one be using or have used different variety of Distros?
I am a RedHat Family lover, I actually hate Debian, but I tried debian and debian-based distros and most linux distros from different families.

[SlideRSB]

So, why is it called Linux and not Linix?

Snarf snarf!