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[Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@xxxxxxxxx>]

 --- Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >  --- Andrew Nix
<andrew.nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I 
> need to add 500+ user to a group. Does anyone know how I can this
> > without adding each person individually? As I think I might be sat in
> > this
> > seat for the next two weeks adding everyone and miss my holiday to
> > Ibiza!
> > Cheers
> 
> You can do something like this:
> 
> for i in $(cat /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $1}'); do chown
> $i.GROUPNAME;
> done

Actually, you don't do that! It won't work....


for i in $(cat /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $1}'); do adduser $i
GROUPNAME; done

The above will work!!!

Sorry, Andrew,

-- Thomas Adam



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Thomas Adam

"The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com

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