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

The groupmod utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

group(5), group(8), user(8)

HISTORY

The groupmod utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5. It is based on the addnerd package by the same author.

AUTHORS

The groupmod utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.