From 3300869ff11c2f01b510b95142f5a43c1bc56ddf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Wadeley Date: Jan 06 2016 09:30:03 +0000 Subject: usermod -G needs -a to add otherwise you would replace any existing group settings. Thanks to Robert Day for pointing this out. --- diff --git a/en-US/Gaining_Privileges.xml b/en-US/Gaining_Privileges.xml index 935b0cb..c61d23f 100644 --- a/en-US/Gaining_Privileges.xml +++ b/en-US/Gaining_Privileges.xml @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ One of the simplest ways to do this is to add users to the special administrative group called wheel. To do this, type the following command as root: - usermod username + ~]# usermod -a -G wheel username In the previous command, replace username with the user name you want to add to the wheel group.