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GROUPADD(1M)							  GROUPADD(1M)

NAME
       groupadd - add (create) a new group definition on the system

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/groupadd [-g gid [-o]] group

DESCRIPTION
       The  groupadd  command  creates a new group definition on the system by
       adding the appropriate entry to the /etc/group file.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -g gid
		 Assigns the group id gid for the new  group.  This  group  id
		 must  be  a  non-negative  decimal  integer  below  MAXUID as
		 defined in /usr/include/sys/param.h. The group ID defaults to
		 the  next  available (unique) number above the highest number
		 currently assigned. For example, if  groups   100,  105,  and
		 200  are  assigned  as	 groups, the next default group number
		 will be  201. (Group IDs from 0−99 are reserved by SunOS  for
		 future applications.)

       -o
		 Allows the gid to be duplicated (non-unique).

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       group
		A  string  consisting of characters from the set of lower case
		alphabetic characters and numeric characters. A	 warning  mes‐
		sage  will  be written if the string exceeds MAXGLEN, which is
		usually set at eight characters. The group field must  contain
		at least one character; it accepts lower case or numeric char‐
		acters or a combination of both, and must not contain a	 colon
		(:) or	NEWLINE.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0
	     Successful completion.

       2
	     Invalid  command syntax. A usage message for the groupadd command
	     is displayed.

       3
	     An invalid argument was provided to an option.

       4
	     The gid is not unique (when  -o option is not used).

       9
	     The group is not unique.

       10
	     The  /etc/group file cannot be updated.

FILES
	   o	  /etc/group

	   o	  /usr/include/userdefs.h

SEE ALSO
       users(1B), groupdel(1M), groupmod(1M), grpck(1M), logins(1M), pwck(1M),
       useradd(1M), userdel(1M), usermod(1M), group(4), attributes(5)

NOTES
       groupadd only adds a group definition to the local system. If a network
       name service such as NIS or NIS+ is being used to supplement the	 local
       /etc/group  file with additional entries, groupadd cannot change infor‐
       mation supplied by the network name  service.  However,	groupadd  will
       verify  the  uniqueness of group name and group ID against the external
       name service.

       If the number of characters in a group entry exceeds 2047, group	 main‐
       tenance commands, such as groupdel(1M) and groupmod(1M), fail.

				 Aug 27, 2008			  GROUPADD(1M)
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