UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello everyone-I am a new Unix user, only in my second week of class, and i am having a real hard time getting the groupadd command to work. The command I am using is /usr/sbin/groupadd mygroup. When I try this to create a group called "mygroup" I get a "Permission Denied" message. Am i using the correct command, how do i find out what user does have the right permissions? Thanks for the help in advance.

Are you root? Does a group named mygroup already exist?

Are you doing the command as root?

You need to be the user "root" to run commands such as "groupadd".

The user "root" is the power user in unix/Linux who can change system settings - including the creation, change and deletion of users and groups.