freebsd-dev/usr.sbin/adduser/addgroup.8
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.\" $Id: adduser.8,v 1.12 1996/08/28 17:54:13 adam Exp $
.Dd Oct, 30, 1996
.Dt ADDGROUP 8
.Os FreeBSD 2.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm addgroup
.Nd add a group or add users to a group
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl g Ar gid
.Ar group
.Op Ar user Op , Ar user,...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
add a group to
.Xr group 5
database.
Optional
.Ar user
initialized the group with group members.
.Ar user
may be a comma separated list of user names.
If
.Ar group
already exists
.Nm
add
.Ar user
to the
.Ar group.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Sy -g gid
Create new group with group id
.Ar gid
if possible or higher. Default gid is 1000.
This option has only affects for new groups.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Pp
$ addgroup -g 5000 cracau
.Pp
Add group `cracau' with group identification 5000 or higher.
.Pp
$ addgroup foo blech,bar
.Pp
Add user `blech' and user `bar' to group `foo'. Create group
`foo' if not exists.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr group 5 ,
.Xr adduser 8 ,
.Xr rmuser 8 ,
.Xr rmgroup 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Fx 2.2 .