groupmod (Linux command)

Name

 * - Modify a group

Synopsis

 * groupmod  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

Author
Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom)

Examples

 * /usr/sbin/groupmod -n newname oldname
 * changes the name of the group; file-ownership and group membership are preserved, i.e. users and files belonging to oldname now belong to newname.

Edit Log

 * 2005-06-12 Transcribed from Ubuntu (hoary) manpages