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groupadd - add a new group to the system group file

Synopsis

# groupadd [options] <group>

Description

This program adds a new group to the system.

This program must be run as root.

Options

  • -g, --gid gid: The group identifier for the new group. If not specified, an unused GID above 100 will be auto-generated.

Exit Values

  • 0 - Success
  • 1 - Couldn't update the group file
  • 3 - Invalid argument to option
  • 4 - GID already in use

Files

  • /etc/group - new group information (such GID) is appended to this file.

Examples

# groupadd -g 110 contributors
# groupadd mainteners