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34.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2010 $
35.Dt GROUP 8
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm group
39.Nd manage group information on the system
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm group
42.Cm add
43.Op Fl ov
44.Op Fl g Ar gid
45.Ar group
46.Nm group
47.Cm del
48.Op Fl v
49.Ar group
50.Nm group
51.Cm info
52.Op Fl ev
53.Ar group
54.Nm group
55.Cm mod
56.Op Fl ov
57.Op Fl g Ar gid
58.Op Fl n Ar newname
59.Ar group
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63utility acts as a frontend to the
64.Xr groupadd 8 ,
65.Xr groupmod 8 ,
66.Xr groupinfo 8 ,
67and
68.Xr groupdel 8
69commands.
70.Pp
71For a full explanation of the options, please see the relevant manual page.
72.Sh EXIT STATUS
73.Ex -std group
74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr group 5 ,
76.Xr groupadd 8 ,
77.Xr groupdel 8 ,
78.Xr groupinfo 8 ,
79.Xr groupmod 8 ,
80.Xr user 8
81.Sh HISTORY
82The
83.Nm
84utility first appeared in
85.Ox 2.7 .
86.Sh AUTHORS
87The
88.Nm
89utility was written by
90.An Alistair G. Crooks Aq agc@NetBSD.org .
91