Re: [LUG] Embarrassing Script Question was Java Question

[Andy Smith <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,

On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 09:18:06AM +0100, peter wrote:
> I am limiting my efforts to Ubuntu and what I want to do now is
> edit /etc/group on the fly.  In particular to edit the following line
> uucp:x:10 to uucp:x:10:your name.

Are you just trying to add a user to a group?  If so why can't you
just use:

$ sudo usermod -a -G uucp yourname

?

Am I missing something?

Cheers,
Andy

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