Move USER to new primary group
Submitted by Igor on November 19, 2005 – 10:41 pmNo Comment
1. in old user’s home dir.
oldgroup=<oldgroup> newgroup=<newgroup> username=<username> tar cvf - `find . -print` > backup.tar mkdir /home/users/${newgroup}/${username} mv backup.tar /home/users/${newgroup}/${username}/ cd /home/users/${newgroup}/${username}/ tar -xvf backup.tar find . -group ${oldgroup} -exec chgrp ${newgroup}{} \; find . -type l -group ${oldgroup} -exec chgrp -h ${newgroup}{} \; rm backup.tar
2. in /var/yp/maps on NIS master server
cp -p passwd bkups/passwd.DATE vi passwd update the primary group entry for USER (don't forget to change the GID on the same line) cd .. make
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