lgroupmod (1) - Linux Manuals

lgroupmod: Modify an user group

NAME

lgroupmod - 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.