How To Create and Manage Groups in Linux | Linux Today

How To Create and Manage Groups in Linux

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Sep 29, 2021

A group is a collection of users in Linux that shares some commonalities for the purpose of security, privilege, etc. In this tutorial, we will cover how to create groups in Linux and briefly explain how to manage them.

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