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You can create a new group with the command groupadd.

Ex. 'groupadd students'

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On a Linux or Solaris system the command that creates a new group ID and makes the group available for use?

Use the 'addgroup' or 'groupadd' command.


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Can each Linux user belong to only one group?

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getent group <groupname>


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