adduser/addgroup.8

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  27 .Dd October 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 Ns , Ns Ar user,...
  38 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  39 The
  40 .Nm
  41 command adds a group to the
  42 .Xr group 5
  43 database.
  44 The optional
  45 .Ar user
  46 is added to the group membership list.
  47 The
  48 .Ar user
  49 argument may be a comma separated list of user names.
  50 If
  51 .Ar group
  52 already exists
  53 .Nm
  54 add
  55 .Ar user
  56 to the
  57 .Ar group .
  58 .Sh OPTIONS
  59 .Bl -tag -width Ds
  60 .It Sy -g gid
  61 Create new group with group id
  62 .Ar gid
  63 if possible or the next higher id that is available. Default gid is 1000.
  64 This option only applies to new groups.
  65 .El
  66 .Sh EXAMPLES
  67 .Pp
  68 $ addgroup -g 5000 cracau
  69 .Pp
  70 Add group `cracau' with group identification 5000 or higher.
  71 .Pp
  72 $ addgroup foo blech,bar
  73 .Pp
  74 Add user `blech' and user `bar' to group `foo'. Create group
  75 `foo' if it does not exist.
  76 .Sh SEE ALSO
  77 .Xr group 5 ,
  78 .Xr adduser 8 ,
  79 .Xr rmgroup 8 ,
  80 .Xr rmuser 8
  81 .Sh HISTORY
  82 The
  83 .Nm
  84 command appeared in
  85 .Fx 2.2 .