November 7, 2005 GROUPMOD 8

### NAME

groupmod - modify an existing group on the system

### SYNOPSIS

groupmod [-ov] [-g gid] [-n newname] group

### DESCRIPTION

The groupmod utility modifies an existing group on the system. See group(8) for more information about ```EXTENSIONS`. The options are as follows:

-g gid
  Give the numeric group identifier to be used for the new group.

-n new-group-name
  Give the new name which the group shall have.

-o
  Allow the new group to have a gid which is already in use for another group.

-v
  Enable verbose mode - explain the commands as they are executed. This option is included if built with ```EXTENSIONS`.

### EXIT STATUS

### SEE ALSO

group(5), group(8), user(8)

### HISTORY

The groupmod utility first appeared in NetBSD1.5. It is based on the addnerd package by the same author.

### AUTHORS

The groupmod utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks
<agc@NetBSD.org>.