September 2000
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/usr/sbin/groupadd [-g gid [-o]] group
Use the groupadd command to create a new group definition on the system by adding the appropriate entry to the /etc/group file.
Note
groupadd adds a group definition only to the local system. If a network nameservice such as NIS or NIS+ is being used to supplement the local /etc/group file with additional entries, groupadd cannot change information supplied by the network nameservice. However, groupadd does verify the uniqueness of group name and group ID against the external nameservice.
| -g gid | Assign the group ID gid for the new group. This group ID must be a nonnegative decimal integer below MAXUID as defined in ... |