77 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
77 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: groupadd.8,v 1.6 2001/06/05 11:31:21 wiz Exp $ */
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.\"
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Alistair G. Crooks.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote
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.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written
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.\" permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS
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.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
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.\" GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
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.\"
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.\"
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.Dd November 30, 1999
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.Dt GROUPADD 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm groupadd
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.Nd add a group to the system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl ov
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.Op Fl g Ar gid
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.Ar group
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility adds a group to the system.
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl g Ar gid
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gives the numeric group identifier to be used for the new group.
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.It Fl o
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allow the new group to have a gid which is already in use for another group.
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.It Fl v
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enables verbose mode - explain the commands as they are executed.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr group 5 ,
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.Xr user 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility first appeared in
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.Nx 1.5 .
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It is based on the
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.Ar addnerd
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package by the same author.
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.Sh AUTHOR
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The
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.Nm
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utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks (agc@netbsd.org).
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