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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