HP-UX
On HP-UX, providing you are not using NIS or NIS+, use the System
Administration Manager (SAM) to work with groups.
Creating a group
- From the System Administration Manager (SAM), double click Accounts for
Users and Groups.
- Double click Groups.
- Select Add from the Actions pull down to display the Add a New Group panel.
- Enter the name of the group and select the users that you want to add
to the group.
- Click Apply to create the group.
You have now created a group.
Adding a user to a group
- From the System Administration Manager (SAM), double click Accounts for
Users and Groups.
- Double click Groups.
- Highlight the name of the group and select Modify from the Actions pull
down to display the Modify an Existing Group panel.
- Select a user that you want to add to the group and click Add.
- If you want to add other users to the group, repeat step 4 for each user.
- When you have finished adding names to the list, click OK.
You have now added a user to a group.
Displaying who is in a group
- From the System Administration Manager (SAM), double click Accounts for
Users and Groups.
- Double click Groups.
- Highlight the name of the group and select Modify from the Actions pull
down to display the Modify an Existing Group panel, showing a list of the
users in the group.
The group members are displayed.
Removing a user from a group
- From the System Administration Manager (SAM), double click Accounts for
Users and Groups.
- Double click Groups.
- Highlight the name of the group and select Modify from the Actions pull
down to display the Modify an Existing Group panel.
- Select a user that you want to remove from the group and click Remove.
- If you want to remove other users from the group, repeat step 4 for each
user.
- When you have finished removing names from the list, click OK.
You have now removed a user from a group