NAME
groupmod - modify a group entry
SYNOPSIS
| groupmod [-D binddn] [-P path] [-g gid [-o]] [-p password] | |
| [-A user] [-R user] [--service service] [--help] [-v] [--usage] group | |
DESCRIPTION
groupmod modifies a group entry using the values specified on the command line.
OPTIONS
| -g, --gid gid | |
| Force the new group ID to be the given number. This value must be positive and unique. The group of any file owned by the old group must be changed manually. | |
| -o, --non-unique | |
| Allow duplicate (non-unique) group IDs. | |
| -p, --password password | |
| Set the encrypted password as returned by crypt(3) as the new group password. | |
| -A, --add-user user | |
| Add the user account to the specified group. | |
| -R, --remove-user user | |
| Remove the user account from the specified group. | |
| -D, --binddn binddn | |
| Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory. The user will be prompted for a password for simple authentication. | |
| -P, --path path | |
| The group file is located below the specified directory path. groupmod will use this file, not /etc/group. | |
| --service service | |
| Modify the group from a special directory. The default is files, but ldap is also valid. | |
| --help | Print a list of valid options with a short description. |
| --usage | Print a short list of valid options. |
| -v, --version | |
| Print the version number and exit. | |
FILES
/etc/group - group account information
SEE ALSO
login.defs(5), group(5), groupadd(8), groupmod(8)
AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
