Get better at user management by learning more about the existing user groups on your Linux computer.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Using the etc group File
1:26 List Groups Using the getent Command
2:04 View Group List for a Specific User Using groups
2:23 End scree
What you’ll learn:
1. How to list all user groups present on Linux
2. How you can even view the list of groups a specific user is a part of
3. Using the etc group File
a. How to view group names, passwords, group IDs, and members associated with each group
b. How to View the contents of the file using the cat command
c. How to display only the group names using the cut command
d. How to count the total number of local groups on your machine using wc
4. List Groups Using the getent Command
a . How to use the getent command to view user group information on Linux
b. How to pulls a group information from other similar databases on your system
c. How to Use the cut command to parse the output and display only group names
5. View Group List for a Specific User Using groups
a. How to list groups a particular user is a part of
b. How to display all groups for the current user
c. How To get a list of groups for a user
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