AIX

On AIX, providing you are not using NIS or NIS+, use SMITTY to work with groups.

Creating a group

  1. From SMITTY, select Security and Users and press Enter.
  2. Select Groups and press Enter.
  3. Select Add a Group and press Enter.
  4. Enter the name of the group and the names of any users that you want to add to the group, separated by commas.
  5. Press Enter to create the group.

You have now created a group.

Adding a user to a group

  1. From SMITTY, select Security and Users and press Enter.
  2. Select Groups and press Enter.
  3. Select Change / Show Characteristics of Groups and press Enter.
  4. Enter the name of the group to show a list of the members of the group.
  5. Add the names of the users that you want to add to the group, separated by commas.
  6. Press Enter to add the names to the group.

You have now added a user to a group.

Displaying who is in a group

  1. From SMITTY, select Security and Users and press Enter.
  2. Select Groups and press Enter.
  3. Select Change / Show Characteristics of Groups and press Enter.
  4. Enter the name of the group to show a list of the members of the group.

The group members are displayed.

Removing a user from a group

  1. From SMITTY, select Security and Users and press Enter.
  2. Select Groups and press Enter.
  3. Select Change / Show Characteristics of Groups and press Enter.
  4. Enter the name of the group to show a list of the members of the group.
  5. Delete the names of the users that you want to remove from the group.
  6. Press Enter to remove the names from the group.

You have now removed a user from a group.