1.\" $NetBSD: groupadd.8,v 1.6 2001/06/05 11:31:21 wiz Exp $ */ 2.\" 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by Alistair G. Crooks. 17.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 18.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 19.\" permission. 20.\" 21.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS 22.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 23.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 24.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY 25.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 26.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE 27.\" GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 28.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 29.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING 30.\" NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS 31.\" SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 32.\" 33.\" 34.Dd November 30, 1999 35.Dt GROUPADD 8 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm groupadd 39.Nd add a group to the system 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.Nm 42.Op Fl ov 43.Op Fl g Ar gid 44.Ar group 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46The 47.Nm 48utility adds a group to the system. 49The options are as follows: 50.Bl -tag -width Ds 51.It Fl g Ar gid 52gives the numeric group identifier to be used for the new group. 53.It Fl o 54allow the new group to have a gid which is already in use for another group. 55.It Fl v 56enables verbose mode - explain the commands as they are executed. 57.El 58.Pp 59The 60.Nm 61utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 62.Sh SEE ALSO 63.Xr group 5 , 64.Xr user 8 65.Sh HISTORY 66The 67.Nm 68utility first appeared in 69.Nx 1.5 . 70It is based on the 71.Ar addnerd 72package by the same author. 73.Sh AUTHOR 74The 75.Nm 76utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks (agc@netbsd.org). 77