From 5abc12ab568ea40a9ee9ba0985420c36ce31b23d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.net>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 16:08:02 -0400
Subject: Handled a few more TODO entries (and created a couple more).

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 chapter_09.xml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

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diff --git a/chapter_09.xml b/chapter_09.xml
index a2bb4e9..c2866e0 100644
--- a/chapter_09.xml
+++ b/chapter_09.xml
@@ -179,6 +179,29 @@ doesn't actually shutout the account, but instead changes the user's
 encrypted password to a value that can't be matched.
 </para>
 
+<para>
+The easiest way for modifying a user's information is the
+<application>usermod</application>(8) utility which is capable of
+modifying everything from group membership to home directories. A full
+listing of its features won't be given here, so check the man page.
+<application>usermod</application> is perhaps the best tool to use for
+modifying a user's group members.  The <arg>-s</arg> and <arg>-G</arg>
+arguments accomplish this.
+</para>
+
+<screen><prompt>darkstar:~# </prompt><userinput>usermod -a -G wheel alan</userinput>
+<prompt>darkstar:~# </prompt><userinput>usermod -G wheel alan</userinput>
+</screen>
+
+<para>
+It important to note the differences in the two commands above.  The
+first command adds the user "alan" to the "wheel" group without
+modifying any other groups "alan" belongs to. The second command also
+makes "alan" a member of the "wheel" group, but also removes the user's
+membership from any other groups, something you will very rarely want
+to do!
+</para>
+
 <para>
 Another useful tool is <application>chsh</application>(1) which changes a
 user's default shell. Like <application>passwd</application>, normal
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