Package: debian-reference
Version: 2.127
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
The command
$ sudo usermod -a -G foo netdev
tries to add user "netdev" to group "foo", and is bound to fail.
The correct syntax for adding user <user> to (supplementary) group <group> is
# usermod -a -G <group> <user>
The mistake is visible online at
<https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html>.
It's present in source package versions 2.125 and 2.127.
Best regards,
g.
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--- 05_network_setup.rawxml 2025-05-01 10:35:05.528712579 +0200
+++ 05_network_setup.rawxml.new 2025-05-01 10:28:45.619110419 +0200
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para> Make desktop user, e.g. <literal>foo</literal>, belong to
group "<literal>netdev</literal>" by the following (Alternatively, do it
automatically via <ulink
url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Bus";>D-bus</ulink> under modern desktop
environments such as GNOME and KDE). </para>
- <screen>$ sudo usermod -a -G foo netdev</screen>
+ <screen>$ sudo usermod -a -G netdev foo</screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para> Keep configuration of
"<literal>/etc/network/interfaces</literal>" as simple as in the following.
</para>
