Add a New Group
To add a new group, all you need to do is use the groupadd command like so:
groupadd <groupname>
Add an Existing User to a Group
Next we’ll add a user to the group, using this syntax:
usermod -a -G <groupname> username
For example, to add user geek to the group admins, use the following command:
usermod -a -G admins geek
Change a User’s Primary Group
Sometimes you might want to switch out the primary group that a user is assigned to, which you can do with this command:
usermod -g <groupname> username
View a User’s Group Assignments
If you’re trying to figure out a permissions issue, you’ll want to use the id command to see what groups the user is assigned to:
id <username>
This will display output something like this:
uid=500(howtogeek) gid=500(howtogeek) groups=500(howtogeek), 1093(admins)
You can also use the groups command if you prefer, though it is the same as using id -Gn <username>.
groups <username>
View a List of All Groups
To view all the groups on the system, you can just use the groups command:
groups
Add a New User and Assign a Group in One Command
Sometimes you might need to add a new user that has access to a particular resource or directory, like adding a new FTP user. You can do so with the useradd command:
useradd -g <groupname> username
For instance, lets say you wanted to add a new user named jsmith to the ftp group:
useradd -G ftp jsmith
And then you’ll want to assign a password for that user, of course:
passwd jsmith
Add a User to Multiple Groups
You can easily add a user to more than one group by simply specifying them in a comma-delimited list, as long as you are assigning the secondary groups:
usermod -a -G ftp,admins,othergroup <username>
That should cover everything you need to know about adding users to groups on Linux.
From:http://www.howtogeek.com/50787/add-a-user-to-a-group-or-second-group-on-linux/