root@Juventus:~# for g in adm, dip, lpadmin, admin, slocate; do gpasswd -d ali $g ; done unknown group: adm, gpasswd: Permission denied. unknown group: dip, gpasswd: Permission denied. unknown group: lpadmin, gpasswd: Permission denied. unknown group: admin, gpasswd: Permission denied. Removing user ali from group slocate root@Juventus:~# id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)