OSF1 V5.0 1094 alpha: usermod refusing to remove secondary groups using -G option.

From: Buuren, v B.J. DT/DB/BGM/SVM/SGM <BJ.v.Buuren_at_mindef.nl>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 13:05:52 +0200

Hi all,

I just ran into an odd problem using usermod on Dec Unix 5.0a:

When logged in as root I cannot remove secondary groups of a user (who is
not logged in on the system) with usermod.

This is what happens:
# groups sx02089
system users sysadmin usradd usrmod usrrm passwd cvsusers usrman
# usermod -G system sx02089
# groups sx02089
system users sysadmin usradd usrmod usrrm passwd cvsusers usrman

Is anybody familiar with this (strange) behaviour and what to do about it?
Editing /etc/group works, but I want to use usermod from a shell-script.

TIA,

Jacco van Buuren.

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Received on Fri Oct 20 2000 - 11:08:20 NZDT