NAME
groupmod
- modify an existing group on the system
SYNOPSIS
groupmod
[-ov]
[-g gid]
[-n newname]
group
DESCRIPTION
The
groupmod
utility modifies an existing group on the system.
See
group(8)
for more information about
EXTENSIONS
.
The options are as follows:
- -g gid
-
Give the numeric group identifier to be used for the new group.
- -n new-group-name
-
Give the new name which the group shall have.
- -o
-
Allow the new group to have a gid which is already in use for
another group.
- -v
-
Enable verbose mode - explain the commands as they are executed.
This option is included if built with
EXTENSIONS
.
EXIT STATUS
SEE ALSO
group(5),
group(8),
user(8)
HISTORY
The
groupmod
utility first appeared in
NetBSD1.5.
It is based on the
addnerd
package by the same author.
AUTHORS
The
groupmod
utility was written by
Alistair G. Crooks
<agc@NetBSD.org>.