GROUPMOD

GROUPMOD

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION FILES SEE ALSO AUTHOR

NAME

groupmod - Modify a group

SYNOPSIS

groupmod [__-g__ ''gid'' [[__-o__?] [__-n__ ''group_name''? group

DESCRIPTION

The groupmod command modifies the system account files to reflect the changes that are specified on the command line. The options which apply to the groupmod command are

-g gid

The numerical value of the group's ID. This value must be unique, unless the -o option is used. The value must be non-negative. Values between 0 and 99 are typically reserved for system groups. Any files which the old group ID is the file group ID must have the file group ID changed manually.

-n group_name

The name of the group will be changed from group to group_name.

FILES

/etc/group - group information /etc/gshadow - secure group information

SEE ALSO

chfn(1), chsh(1), useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8), passwd(1), groupadd(8), groupdel(8)

AUTHOR

Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@austin.ibm.com)