How Do I Add Multiple Secondary Groups in Linux?
Contents to Add an Existing User to Multiple Secondary Groups, Use the Usermod Command with -G Option and the Name of the Groups with Comma. in This Example...
To add an existing user to multiple secondary groups, use the usermod command with -G option and the name of the groups with comma. In this example, we are going to add the user2 into mygroup and mygroup1 .
Can a Linux user have multiple groups?
While a user account can be part of multiple groups, one of the groups is always the “primary group” and the others are “secondary groups”. The user’s login process and files and folders the user creates will be assigned to the primary group.
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How do I add a secondary group?
Use the usermod command-line tool to assign a user to a secondary group. Here you can define multiple group names separate them by a comma. The following command will add jack to sudo group. To make sure, check the entry in /etc/group file.
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