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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:45:12 +0100
From: Sascha Klauder <sklauder@trimind.de>
To: Chris Cook <ccook@tcworks.net>
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Subject: Re: script to change user's group?
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 06:39:11AM -0600, Chris Cook wrote:
> Is there a command line way to change the group that a user belongs to? 
> We would like to automatically change a user's group when they become
> past due on their account.  The only way I know how to do this is
> chpass.  If I knew of a command line way I could write a script.

Check out the pw(8) command.

Cheers,
-sascha