1.\" $NetBSD: groupadd.8,v 1.17 2006/05/29 01:38:33 hubertf Exp $ */ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 14.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 15.\" permission. 16.\" 17.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS 18.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 19.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 20.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY 21.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 22.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE 23.\" GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 24.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 25.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING 26.\" NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS 27.\" SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" 29.\" 30.Dd November 7, 2005 31.Dt GROUPADD 8 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm groupadd 35.Nd add a group to the system 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm 38.Op Fl ov 39.Op Fl g Ar gid 40.Op Fl r Ar lowgid Ns Li .. Ns Ar highgid 41.Ar group 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43The 44.Nm 45utility adds a group to 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 o 55Allow the new group to have a gid which is already in use for 56another group. 57.It Fl r Ar lowgid Ns Li .. Ns Ar highgid 58Set the low and high bounds of a gid range for new groups. 59A new group can only be created if there are gids which can be 60assigned inside the range. 61This option is included if built with 62.Dv EXTENSIONS . 63.It Fl v 64Enable verbose mode - explain the commands as they are executed. 65This option is included if built with 66.Dv EXTENSIONS . 67.El 68.Sh EXIT STATUS 69.Ex -std groupadd 70.Sh SEE ALSO 71.Xr group 5 , 72.Xr group 8 , 73.Xr user 8 74.Sh HISTORY 75The 76.Nm 77utility first appeared in 78.Nx 1.5 . 79It is based on the 80.Ar addnerd 81package by the same author. 82.Sh AUTHORS 83The 84.Nm 85utility was written by 86.An Alistair G. Crooks 87.Aq agc@NetBSD.org . 88