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#1 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:15 AM

Hi!
Before using 'usermod -G group user' I would like to know which groups
my account belongs to. How do I do that?

T.I.A.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:15 AM

On Mar 5, 10:16 am, "jamiil" <jalqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> Before using 'usermod -G group user' I would like to know which groups
> my account belongs to. How do I do that?

Use the groups(1) command ("man 1 groups")

For instance:
lpitcher@merlin:~$ groups
users wheel

HTH
--
Lew

#3 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:15 AM

As you suggested I typed
$>groups myname
output -> myname: myname dip
but since I also want to be able to play music stored in my HHD and
CDROM I did the following:
username -G dialout, fax,voice,audio,dip,video,gdm,camera my name

Now, using KDE->Multimedia->Volum Contro, I get a message saying
"Sorry, no mixier elements and/or device found"

I was able to use the Volum Control before!
What did I do wrong?(!)

Thanks in advance.

On Mar 5, 10:27 am, "Lew Pitcher" <lpitc...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On Mar 5, 10:16 am, "jamiil" <jalqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> > Before using 'usermod -G group user' I would like to know which groups
> > my account belongs to. How do I do that?
>
> Use the groups(1) command ("man 1 groups")
>
> For instance:
> lpitcher@merlin:~$ groups
> users wheel
>
> HTH
> --
> Lew

#4 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:15 AM

jamiil wrote:
> As you suggested I typed
> $>groups myname
> output -> myname: myname dip
> but since I also want to be able to play music stored in my HHD and
> CDROM I did the following:
> username -G dialout, fax,voice,audio,dip,video,gdm,camera my name
>
> Now, using KDE->Multimedia->Volum Contro, I get a message saying
> "Sorry, no mixier elements and/or device found"
>
> I was able to use the Volum Control before!
> What did I do wrong?(!)

Perhaps one ore more spaces between the group names? (Like above.)
A space will be interpreted as the end of the group list.

From the usermod(8) manpage:

-G group,[...]
A list of supplementary groups which the user is also a member
of. Each group is separated from the next by a comma, with no
intervening whitespace. The groups are subject to the same
restrictions as the group given with the -g option. If the user
is currently a member of a group which is not listed, the user
will be removed from the group

Regards,

Kees.

--
Kees Theunissen.

#5 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:15 AM

jamiil wrote:

> I was able to use the Volum Control before!
> What did I do wrong?(!)
>
> Thanks in advance.

You top-posted.

#6 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:15 AM

> You top-posted.

What does that mean?

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