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Myav

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Registered: 2007-05-07

Posts: 58

"gpasswd -R" vs "gpasswd -r": what is the difference?

There are two special options to disallow users which aren't in a particular group to execute newgrp command: -r and -R.

What is the difference, if any, between them?

Both works absolutely equally for me.

Thanks.

bangkok_manouel

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Registered: 2005-02-07

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Re: "gpasswd -R" vs "gpasswd -r": what is the difference?

-r
           Remove the password from the named group. Only group members will be allowed to use
           newgrp to join the named group.

-R
           Restrict the access to the named group. Only group members will be allowed to use newgrp
           to join the named group.

Myav

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Registered: 2007-05-07

Posts: 58

Re: "gpasswd -R" vs "gpasswd -r": what is the difference?

Removing the password from the named group restricts the access to the named group. Both these options have the same effect: users who aren't in the group will not be able to use newgrp to change gid.