groupmod(1M)
NAME
groupmod - modify a group definition on the system
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/groupmod [ -g gid [-o]] [-n name] group
DESCRIPTION
The groupmod command modifies the definition of the speci-
fied group by modifying the appropriate entry in the
/etc/group file.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-g gid
Specify the new group ID for the group. This group ID
must be a non-negative decimal integer less than MAX-
UID, as defined in <param.h>. The group ID defaults to
the next available (unique) number above 99. (Group
IDs from 0-99 are reserved by SunOS for future appli-
cations.)
-n name
Specify the new name for the group. The name argument
is a string of no more than eight bytes consisting of
characters from the set of lower case alphabetic char-
acters and numeric characters.
A warning message will be written if these restric-
tions are not met. A future Solaris release may
refuse to accept group fields that do not meet these
requirements. The name argument must contain at least
one character and must not include a colon (:) or NEW-
LINE (\n).
-o Allow the gid to be duplicated (non-unique).
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
group An existing group name to be modified.
EXIT STATUS
The groupmod utility exits with one of the following values:
0 Success.
2 Invalid command syntax. A usage message for the group-
mod command is displayed.
3 An invalid argument was provided to an option.
4 gid is not unique (when the -o option is not used).
6 group does not exist.
9 name already exists as a group name.
10 Cannot update the /etc/group file.
FILES
/etc/group
group file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWcsu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
users(1B), groupadd(1M), groupdel(1M), logins(1M),
useradd(1M), userdel(1M), usermod(1M), group(4), attri-
butes(5)
NOTES
The groupmod utility only modifies group definitions in the
/etc/group file. If a network name service such as NIS or
NIS+ is being used to supplement the local /etc/group file
with additional entries, groupmod cannot change information
supplied by the network name service. The groupmod utility
will, however, verify the uniqueness of group name and group
ID against the external name service.
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