Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm setting up an FTP server on a
Windows Server 2008 r2 system. Rather than deal with setting
filesystem permissions for users manually, I would like to
simply grant a single group read/write access and then add new
users to that group.  On a Linux system, I could create the
group and add users with the following commands:  # Create the
group. groupadd <groupname>  # Create a new user and add him to
the new group. useradd -G <groupname> <username>  # Or add an
existing user. usermod -a -G <groupname> <username>  On the
Windows server, however, I can't seem to find a way to do that.
How do I create a new group and add users to it on Windows
Server 2008 r2?  share|improve this question  1 Answer 1  up
vote 1 down vote accepted  The answer depends on whether the
server is a part of an Active Directory domain:    • If the
server is a standalone server, run compmgmt.msc to access the
Computer Management snap-in. From there, you can edit the local
computer's users and groups.    • If the