Assuming that usernames are in users.txt file
Code:
user1
user2
user3
user4
Here is the script, that keep old member ship and add user to new groups defined by $nGROUPS, as usual backup /etc/group and other files before running script:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
INPUT=users.txt
USERS=$(cat $INPUT)
nGROUPS="ftp, sales"
mGROUPS=""
for u in $USERS
do
pGgroups="$(id -Gn ${u} | sed -e 's/ /,/g')"
mGROUPS="${pGgroups},${nGROUPS}"
# old version
usermod -G $mGROUPS $u
# new version group add needs no hack
# usermod -a $nGROUPS $u
done
Above script is just demonstration, feel free to modify as per your UNIX / Linux setup.
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