78 lines
3.0 KiB
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78 lines
3.0 KiB
Groff
.\"$Id: groupmod.8,v 1.13 2003/05/01 18:17:39 kloczek Exp $
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.\" Copyright 1991, Julianne Frances Haugh
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.\" 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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.\" 3. Neither the name of Julianne F. Haugh nor the names of its contributors
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JULIE HAUGH AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.TH GROUPMOD 8
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.SH NAME
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groupmod \- Modify a group
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBgroupmod\fR [\fB-g\fI gid \fR[\fB-o\fR]] [\fB-n\fI group_name \fR]
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\fIgroup\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBgroupmod\fR command modifies the system account files to reflect the
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changes that are specified on the command line. The options which apply to
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the \fIgroupmod\fR command are
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.IP "\fB-g\fR \fIgid\fR"
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The numerical value of the group's ID. This value must be unique, unless the
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\fB-o\fR option is used. The value must be non-negative. Values between 0
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and 99 are typically reserved for system groups. Any files which the old
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group ID is the file group ID must have the file group ID changed manually.
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.IP "\fB-n\fR \fIgroup_name\fR"
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The name of the group will be changed from \fIgroup\fR to
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\fIgroup_name\fR.
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.SH FILES
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\fI/etc/group\fR \- group information
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.br
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\fI/etc/gshadow\fR \- secure group information
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.SH EXIT VALUES
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.TP 2
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The \fBgroupmod\fR command exits with the following values:
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.br
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\fB0\fR \- success
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.br
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\fB2\fR \- bad command syntax
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.br
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\fB3\fR \- invalid argument to option
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.br
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\fB4\fR \- gid already in use (and no -o)
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.br
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\fB6\fR \- specified group doesn't exist
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.br
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\fB9\fR \- group name already in use
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.br
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\fB10\fR \- can't update group file
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR chfn (1),
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.BR chsh (1),
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.BR passwd (1),
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.BR groupadd (8),
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.BR groupdel (8),
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.BR useradd (8),
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.BR userdel (8),
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.BR usermod (8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)
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