01:12:38 <nomad> haven't checked, but doesn't -g change the main group for the user? check their entry in /etc/passwd and see if it happened there.
01:13:43 <nomad> ah, yep:
01:13:47 <nomad>        -g group
01:13:47 <nomad>            Specify an existing group's integer ID or character-string name. It
01:13:47 <nomad>            redefines the user's primary group membership.
01:14:05 <nomad> Use -G for additional groups.
01:14:12 <nomad> (see 'man usermod' for details.)
01:18:23 <jayjwa> Nope. Not in either, contrary to what the manpage for usermod shows. Where is 'groups' getting its info from?
06:34:25 <jclulow> jayjwa: Assuming you have "group: files" in /etc/nssswitch.conf it comes from /etc/group
07:42:20 <l33t-31337-h4x0r> hi all
08:19:15 <neitzel> jayjwa:  the new group will not affect extisting logins of the user, only new logins.  (login(1) is what's setting the groups; an "su - $USER" should do, too.)
13:27:14 <jayjwa> Something's off here. https://termbin.com/dg79  Ignore the escape sequences; they were originally color output.
16:55:17 <jayjwa> When a user's primary is that group, he doesn't have to be listed after the group in /etc/groups. It is not necessary for the user to have the primary group also be the secondary group. That is the answer to my question. Sorry for the noise.