redhat man page for groupmod

Query: groupmod

OS: redhat

Section: 8

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

NAME
groupmod - Modify a group
SYNOPSIS
groupmod [-g gid [-o]] [-n group_name ] group
DESCRIPTION
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 non-negative. 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
/etc/group - group information /etc/gshadow - secure group information
SEE ALSO
chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), groupadd(8), groupdel(8), useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8)
AUTHOR
Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com) GROUPMOD(8)
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