1.\" $OpenBSD: groupmod.8,v 1.7 2001/08/02 18:37:35 mpech Exp $ */ 2.\" $NetBSD: groupmod.8,v 1.4 2000/02/28 05:10:56 enami Exp $ */ 3.\" 4.\" 5.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 16.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 17.\" This product includes software developed by Alistair G. Crooks. 18.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 19.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 20.\" permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS 23.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 24.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY 26.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE 28.\" GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 29.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 30.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING 31.\" NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS 32.\" SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" 35.Dd November 30, 1999 36.Dt GROUPMOD 8 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm groupmod 40.Nd modify an existing group on the system 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm groupmod 43.Op Fl g Ar gid 44.Op Fl n Ar newname 45.Op Fl o 46.Op Fl v 47.Ar group 48.Sh DESCRIPTION 49The 50.Nm 51utility adds a group to the system. 52The options are as follows: 53.Bl -tag -width Ds 54.It Fl g Ar gid 55gives the numeric group identifier to be used for the new group. 56.It Fl n Ar new-group-name 57gives the new name which the group shall have. 58.It Fl o 59allow the new group to have a gid which is already in use for another group. 60.It Fl v 61enables verbose mode - explain the commands as they are executed. 62.El 63.Pp 64The 65.Nm 66utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 67.Sh SEE ALSO 68.Xr group 5 , 69.Xr group 8 , 70.Xr user 8 71.Sh HISTORY 72The 73.Nm 74utility first appeared in 75.Ox 2.7 . 76.Sh AUTHORS 77The 78.Nm 79utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks (agc@netbsd.org). 80