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Explore Stack InternalTo change a user's primary group in Linux:
usermod -g new_group user_name To test your change login back,changes run id and look at the value of gid=
If the command runs without errors but the gid doesn'thasn't change you've missed the bold part of step 2.
To change a user's primary group in Linux:
usermod -g new_group user_name To test your change login back, run id and look at the value of gid=
If the command runs without errors but the gid doesn't change you've missed the bold part of step 2.
To change a user's primary group in Linux:
usermod -g new_group user_name To test your changes run id and look at the value of gid=
If the command runs without errors but the gid hasn't change you've missed the bold part of step 2.
To change a user's primary group in Linux:
usermod -g new_group user_nameTo test your change login back, run id and look at the value of gid=
If the command runs without errors but the gid doesn't change you've missed the bold part of step 2.