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30.Dd November 7, 2005
31.Dt GROUPMOD 8
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm groupmod
35.Nd modify an existing group on the system
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl ov
39.Op Fl g Ar gid
40.Op Fl n Ar newname
41.Ar group
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45utility modifies an existing group on the system.
46See
47.Xr group 8
48for more information about
49.Dv EXTENSIONS .
50The options are as follows:
51.Bl -tag -width Ds
52.It Fl g Ar gid
53Give the numeric group identifier to be used for the new group.
54.It Fl n Ar new-group-name
55Give the new name which the group shall have.
56.It Fl o
57Allow the new group to have a gid which is already in use for
58another group.
59.It Fl v
60Enable verbose mode - explain the commands as they are executed.
61This option is included if built with
62.Dv EXTENSIONS .
63.El
64.Sh EXIT STATUS
65.Ex -std groupmod
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr group 5 ,
68.Xr group 8 ,
69.Xr user 8
70.Sh HISTORY
71The
72.Nm
73utility first appeared in
74.Nx 1.5 .
75It is based on the
76.Ar addnerd
77package by the same author.
78.Sh AUTHORS
79The
80.Nm
81utility was written by
82.An Alistair G. Crooks
83.Aq agc@NetBSD.org .
84