groupmod(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       groupmod(8)

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  authentica-
	      tion.

       -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>

pwdutils							    April 2004							       groupmod(8)