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649 B
Name
groupadd - add a new group to the system group file
Synopsis
# groupadd [options] <group>
Description
This program adds a new group to the system.
This program must be run as root.
Options
-g
,--gid
gid: The group identifier for the new group. If not specified, an unused GID above100
will be auto-generated.
Exit Values
- 0 - Success
- 1 - Couldn't update the group file
- 3 - Invalid argument to option
- 4 - GID already in use
Files
/etc/group
- new group information (such GID) is appended to this file.
Examples
# groupadd -g 110 contributors
# groupadd maintainers