[TriLUG] (stupid) admin question re:groups

[Mike McLean]

% gpasswd -a user group

Not sure why you don't want it to show up in /etc/group, but you could use
% gpasswd group
to set a password for the group, allowing anyone to enter the password 
(via newgrp) to gain group privileges.

Kevin Hunter wrote:
> This might seem like a stupid question, but is there a preferred way
> to make someone a member of a group.  For example, can I add a user
> to wheel but in a way such that it doesn't show up in /etc/group??  
> 
> This is for a RH7.2 box.
> 
> Thx.
> 
> KH
> 
> 
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