How to add user to a group from Mac OS X command line?
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I am trying to add a user to a group from the command line but can't figure out how. Specifically this is on Mac OS X Server version 10.5.8. The user is 'john', the groups are 'admin' and 'wheel'.
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It's also possible to do this with , but to do it properly you need to both add the user's short name to the group's list, and add the user's GeneratedUID to the group's list. takes care of both in a single operation.
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