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3.2 KiB
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79 lines
3.2 KiB
Groff
.\"$Id: groupadd.8,v 1.21 2004/11/04 03:06:31 kloczek Exp $
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.\" Copyright 1991, Julianne Frances Haugh
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. Neither the name of Julianne F. Haugh nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JULIE HAUGH AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL JULIE HAUGH OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.TH GROUPADD 8
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.SH NAME
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groupadd \- Create a new group
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.TP 6
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\fBgroupadd\fR [\fB-g\fI gid \fR[\fB-o\fR]] [\fB-f\fR] \fIgroup\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBgroupadd\fR command creates a new group account using the values
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specified on the command line and the default values from the system. The
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new group will be entered into the system files as needed.
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.SH OPTIONS
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The options which apply to the \fBgroupadd\fR command are:
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.IP "\fB-f\fR"
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This option causes to just exit with success status if the specified
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group already exists. With \fB-g\fR, if specified gid already exists,
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other (unique) gid is chosen (i.e. \fB-g\fR is turned off).
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.IP "\fB-g\fR \fIgid\fR"
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The numerical value of the group's ID. This value must be unique, unless the
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\fB-o\fR option is used. The value must be non-negative. The default is to
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use the smallest ID value greater than 999 and greater than every other
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group. Values between 0 and 999 are typically reserved for system accounts.
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.SH FILES
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\fI/etc/group\fR \- group account information
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.br
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\fI/etc/gshadow\fR \- secure group account information
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.SH EXIT VALUES
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.TP 2
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The \fBgroupadd\fR command exits with the following values:
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.br
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\fB0\fR \- success
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.br
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\fB2\fR \- invalid command syntax
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.br
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\fB3\fR \- invalid argument to option
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.br
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\fB4\fR \- gid not unique (when -o not used)
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.br
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\fB9\fR \- group name not unique
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.br
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\fB10\fR \- can't update group file
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR chfn (1),
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.BR chsh (1),
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.BR passwd (1),
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.BR groupdel (8),
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.BR groupmod (8),
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.BR useradd (8),
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.BR userdel (8),
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.BR usermod (8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)
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