Quick Start Guide
10.6 Managing Groups
With YaST you can also easily add, modify or delete groups.
Procedure 10.9: Creating and Modifying Groups
1 Open the YaST User and Group Management dialog and click the Groups tab.
2 With Set Filter dene the set of groups you want to manage. The dialog shows
a list of groups in the system.
3 To create a new group, click Add.
4 To modify an existing group, select the group and click Edit.
5 In the following dialog, enter or change the data. The list on the right shows
an overview of all available users and system users which can be members
of the group.
6 To add existing users to a new group select them from the list of possible
Group Members by checking the corresponding box. To remove them from
the group uncheck the box.
7 Click OK to apply your changes.
8 Click Expert Options > Write Changes Now to save all changes without exiting
the User and Group Administration dialog.
In order to delete a group, it must not contain any group members. To delete a group,
select it from the list and click Delete. Click Expert Options > Write Changes Now to
save all changes without exiting the User and Group Administration dialog. Click OK
to close the administration dialog and to save the changes.
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