lgroupmod(8)
Modify an user group
SYNOPSIS
lgroupmod [
OPTION]...
group
DESCRIPTION
Modifies the user group with name
group.
OPTIONS
- -A, --admin-add=list
-
Add users in comma-separated list among group's administrators.
- -a, --admin-remove=list
-
Remove users in comma-separated list from group's administrators.
Removing users that are not currently among group's administrators
silently succeeds.
- -g, --gid=gid
-
Change group's group ID to gid.
- -i, --interactive
-
Ask all questions when connecting to the user database,
even if default answers are set up in
libuser
configuration.
- -L, --lock
-
Lock group.
This prevents users from using the group password with
newgrp(1)
to become a member of group.
- -M, --member-add=list
-
Add users in comma-separated list among group's members.
- -m, --member-remove=list
-
Remove users in comma-separated list from group's members.
Removing users that are not currently among group's members silently
succeeds.
- -n, --name=name
-
Rename group to name.
- -P, --plainpassword=password
-
Set group's password to password.
Note that the password can be viewed while running
lgroupmod
using tools such as
ps(1).
- -p, --password=encrypted
-
Set group's password to the password represented by the hash
encrypted.
Note that the hash can be viewed while running
lgroupmod
using tools such as
ps(1).
- -U, --unlock
-
Unlock group.
EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.
