Add a dummy account, copy the default groups, then remove the account. Do not directly edit /etc/groups on a modern system as that can hose shadow group files, etc. Ben, your command was just missing the -a. On Nov 30, 2011 2:38 PM, "Marshal Newrock" <<a href="mailto:marshal@zordio.com">marshal@zordio.com</a>> wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:08:56 -0500 > Clay Dowling <<a href="mailto:clay@lazarusid.com">clay@lazarusid.com</a>> wrote: > > > On 11/30/11 11:58 AM, Ben Chavez wrote: > > > Hi Linux Users. > > > I would appreciate an advice, my problem started when I was trying > > > to add my user to a new group. The command I issued was usermod -G > > > groupname username. However the usermod -G removed my user from the > > > all other groups I was in, as result when I type my login info I am > > > not able to access anything. I would like to issue the command > > > again but I am not sure what is the syntax I should be typing to > > > gain full access to everything again. I will appreciate your help. > > > Thank you in advance. > > I don't have my box in front of me at the moment, so I'm not sure what > > groups you should be a member of on a typical Linux box. > > > > In the future, however, you should just edit /etc/groups to add > > yourself to a group. It's usually safer. > > Even better is using gpasswd, eg 'gpasswd -a user group' to add a user > to a group. > > Probably you have a group with the same name as your username that you > need to belong to. In addition, on my computer, 'groups' tell me: > cdrom floppy sudo audio dip video plugdev netdev fuse > > Marshal > > -- > Marshal Newrock > Zordio, LLC - <a href="http://www.zordio.com">http://www.zordio.com</a> > > _______________________________________________ > linux-user mailing list > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> >