AIX
On AIX, providing you are not using NIS or NIS+, use SMITTY
to work with groups.
Creating a group
- From SMITTY, select Security and Users and press Enter.
- Select Groups and press Enter.
- Select Add a Group and press Enter.
- Enter the name of the group and the names of any users that you want to
add to the group, separated by commas.
- Press Enter to create the group.
You have now created a group.
Adding a user to a group
- From SMITTY, select Security and Users and press Enter.
- Select Groups and press Enter.
- Select Change / Show Characteristics of Groups and press Enter.
- Enter the name of the group to show a list of the members of the group.
- Add the names of the users that you want to add to the group, separated
by commas.
- Press Enter to add the names to the group.
You have now added a user to a group.
Displaying who is in a group
- From SMITTY, select Security and Users and press Enter.
- Select Groups and press Enter.
- Select Change / Show Characteristics of Groups and press Enter.
- 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
- From SMITTY, select Security and Users and press Enter.
- Select Groups and press Enter.
- Select Change / Show Characteristics of Groups and press Enter.
- Enter the name of the group to show a list of the members of the group.
- Delete the names of the users that you want to remove from the group.
- Press Enter to remove the names from the group.
You have now removed a user from a group.