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35.Dd November 30, 1999
36.Dt GROUPADD 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm groupadd
40.Nd add a group to the system
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm groupadd
43.Op Fl g Ar gid
44.Op Fl o
45.Op Fl v
46.Ar group
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50utility adds a group to the system.
51The options are as follows:
52.Bl -tag -width Ds
53.It Fl g Ar gid
54gives the numeric group identifier to be used for the new group.
55.It Fl o
56allow the new group to have a gid which is already in use for another group.
57.It Fl v
58enables verbose mode - explain the commands as they are executed.
59.El
60.Pp
61The
62.Nm
63utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr group 5 ,
66.Xr user 8
67.Sh HISTORY
68The
69.Nm
70utility first appeared in
71.Ox 2.7 .
72.Sh AUTHORS
73The
74.Nm
75utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks (agc@netbsd.org).
76