How to add user to a group from terminal on Mountain Lion

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When I run

sudo dscl . -append /Groups/com.apple.access_ssh GroupMembership $USERNAME

I get

append: Invalid Path
<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)

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I just looked at my copy of Mountain Lion and the com.apple.access_ssh group doesn't exist until you've actually turned on "Remote Login" in System Preferences.

When you turn on Remote Desktop AND set it to "Allow access for: Only these users", then there is a group called "com.apple.access_ssh". When you set it back to ""Allow access for: All users", the name of the group is changed to "com.apple.access_ssh-disabled".

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For example, on my system:

$ cat /etc/paths
/usr/bin
/bin
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$ cat /etc/paths.d/postgres
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If you press i to go to interactive mode are you then able to enter your crontab?

If so after you are done entering your cron entry, press escape then type :wq<enter> to save your changes.

Also, learning vi(m) is a good thing check out: http://acs.ucsd.edu/info/vi_tutorial.shtml for a beginner's tutorial.

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