Google is your friend. “how do I add a group in linux?” HLMGTFY: http://bit.ly/1zKQPbq <http://bit.ly/1zKQPb> We’re not a reference librarian - nor a search engine for you. Please use groupadd(8). <~~ closes free support for the year. > On Feb 1, 2015, at 1:54 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > I Have not tried groupadd yet I have only very limited experience with the 'usermod -G filename -a filename' etc. The Mate desktop is the desktop I have been using lately so it does actually have a nice gui user/group utility which I have used to add another user and a visitor account. I will have to research more about 'groupadd'. So basically I would be adding Appache to the video group that's what it looks like so far on my end. Thank you for reminding me about the groupadd command I know it is similar to the usermod command but definitely not the same. I have used the usermod -G command to add or append existing groups to one another in the past but that is about as far as my experience goes. In the article I was reading they have the following line. > > sudo adduser www-data video <--does www-data look like something that has to do with Apache to you? > > > gobble gobble > > Thanks for your time. > > paul g, > > From: ryan.coleman at cwis.biz <mailto:ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> > Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 13:38:08 -0600 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Add Apache User to the Video Group? > > So it’s in a *FILE*. > > Typically that’s how *nix operates. > > Have you tried “groupadd”? > > On Feb 1, 2015, at 1:33 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com <mailto:pj.world at hotmail.com>> wrote: > > The video group is displayed if I type cat /etc/groups in terminal on my machine. So if I install or activate Appache webserver my need would be to apparently usermod appache saned . I was looking under /dev and you are most likely correct that hardware is only listed in that folder. I don't know what to expect with Appache yet as my experience overall is very limited. > > gobble gobble > > thanks, > > paul g > > From: ryan.coleman at cwis.biz <mailto:ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> > Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 10:34:09 -0600 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Add Apache User to the Video Group? > > I use webmin for my basic user management (but I don’t use a GUI). > I don’t ever remember seeing usergroups in /dev/ so it must be an idiosyncrasies with your choice of platform. > > On Feb 1, 2015, at 6:20 AM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com <mailto:pj.world at hotmail.com>> wrote: > > How can I do this when on any 3.+ kernel there is no video group listed? > > If I open gui user settings within the desky top, ya I can see 'video' group but no 'video' group shows up under /dev yet. > > Gobble Gobble. > > paul g > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list>_______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list>_______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150201/24cee249/attachment.html>