tags 779018 + unreproducible moreinfo thanks phamming wrote: > I have some problems with usermod. The options -a returns the help > screen, while it should append to the groups the user is belongs > to. All other options work fine.
Thank you for report. However I cannot reproduce the problem. It works fine for me. # id testuser uid=1002(testuser) gid=1002(testuser) groups=1002(testuser) # usermod -a -G testgroup testuser # id testuser uid=1002(testuser) gid=1002(testuser) groups=1002(testuser)1011(testgroup) Unfortunately you did not include a test case showing exactly what you did. Please when submitting a bug report always include enough information to reproduce the problem. This includes the exact command line you used. I suspect that you are missing this part from the manual. -a, --append Add the user to the supplementary group(s). Use only with the -G option. Are you using -a with -G? If not then that will produce an option error which will emit the online option help output. > I don't know how long this problem exists, because I also use a > different route to change group membership. Since this is the > prefered way, it is important it is resolved. I personally recommend using "useradd" to add users to groups. The syntax is: # adduser username groupname > I don't know where this problem is introduced, if it is upstream or > in Debian's sources. Since I could not reproduce the problem I marked this as unreproducable and moreinfo needed. If you have a test case that reproduces the problem please tell us exactly what command line you used. Thank you for helping to make Debian better. Bob
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