adduser/addgroup.8

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  27 .Dd Oct, 30, 1996
  28 .Dt ADDGROUP 8
  29 .Os FreeBSD 2.2
  30 .Sh NAME
  31 .Nm addgroup
  32 .Nd add a group or add users to a group
  33 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  34 .Nm
  35 .Op Fl g Ar gid
  36 .Ar group
  37 .Op Ar user Op , Ar user,...
  38 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  39 .Nm
  40 add a group to
  41 .Xr group 5
  42 database.
  43 Optional
  44 .Ar user
  45 initialized the group with group members.
  46 .Ar user
  47 may be a comma separated list of user names.
  48 If
  49 .Ar group
  50 already exists
  51 .Nm
  52 add
  53 .Ar user
  54 to the
  55 .Ar group.
  56 .Sh OPTIONS
  57 .Bl -tag -width Ds
  58 .It Sy -g gid
  59 Create new group with group id
  60 .Ar gid
  61 if possible or higher. Default gid is 1000.
  62 This option has only affects for new groups.
  63 .El
  64 .Sh EXAMPLES
  65 .Pp
  66 $ addgroup -g 5000 cracau
  67 .Pp
  68 Add group `cracau' with group identification 5000 or higher.
  69 .Pp
  70 $ addgroup foo blech,bar
  71 .Pp
  72 Add user `blech' and user `bar' to group `foo'. Create group
  73 `foo' if not exists.
  74 .Sh SEE ALSO
  75 .Xr group 5 ,
  76 .Xr adduser 8 ,
  77 .Xr rmuser 8 ,
  78 .Xr rmgroup 8
  79 .Sh HISTORY
  80 The
  81 .Nm
  82 command appeared in
  83 .Fx 2.2 .