NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       groupmod - Modify a group

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       groupmod [-g gid [-o]] [-n group_name ] group

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  groupmod  command modifies the system account files to reflect the
       changes that are specified on the  command  line.   The	options  which
       apply to the groupmod command are

       -g gid The  numerical  value  of  the  group's  ID.  This value must be
	      unique, unless the -o option is used.  The value	must  be  nonnegative.
   Values  between  0 and 99 are typically reserved for
	      system groups.  Any files which the old group  ID  is  the  file
	      group ID must have the file group ID changed manually.

       -n group_name
	      The  name of the group will be changed from group to group_name.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       /etc/group - group information
       /etc/gshadow - secure group information

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       chfn(1),  chsh(1),  useradd(8),	userdel(8),   usermod(8),   passwd(1),
       groupadd(8), groupdel(8)

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Julianne Frances Haugh ([email protected])



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