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Adding or removing groups in user accounts

Asked by Muhammad Umar Ibrahim

i need to add my user account to vboxusers group to access usb devices in virtual box.
But in Ubuntu 11.10 there is no option of adding or removing groups in user account settings.
How can i get rid of my problem?

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Best Joseph Paul Cohen (jcccnet) said : 		#1

Groups are defined in /etc/group

You can edit this list like:
$sudo usermod -g vboxusers -a yourusername

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Muhammad Umar Ibrahim (mumaribrahim) said : 		#2

yea it worked with -G not -g
Thanks Buddy

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Muhammad Umar Ibrahim (mumaribrahim) said : 		#3

Thanks Joseph Paul Cohen, that solved my question.