GROUPADD(8)

NOME
groupadd - crea un nuovo gruppo

SINOSSI

groupadd [OPZIONI] NEWGROUP

DESCRIZIONE

The groupadd command creates a new group account using the values specified on the command line plus the default values from the system. The new group will be entered into the system files as needed.

Groupnames may contain only lower and upper case letters, digits, underscores, or dashes. They can end with a dollar sign. Dashes are not allowed at the beginning of the groupname. Fully numeric groupnames and groupnames . or .. are also disallowed.

On Debian, the only constraints are that groupnames must neither start with a dash ('-') nor plus ('+') nor tilde ('~') nor contain a colon (':'), a comma (','), or a whitespace (space:' ', end of line: '\n', tabulation: '\t', etc.).

On Ubuntu, the same constraints as Debian are in place, with the additional constraint that the groupname cannot be fully numeric. This includes octal and hexadecimal syntax.

Groupnames may only be up to 32 characters long.

OPZIONI

The options which apply to the groupadd command are:

-f, --force
    This option causes the command to simply exit with success status if the specified group already exists. When used with -g, and the specified GID already exists, another (unique) GID is chosen (i.e. -g is turned off).

-g, --gid GID
    The numerical value of the group's ID. GID must be unique, unless the -o option is used. The value must be non-negative. The default is to use the smallest ID value greater than or equal to GID_MIN and greater than every other group.

    See also the -r option and the GID_MAX description.

-h, --help
    Mostra un messaggio di aiuto ed esce.

-K, --key KEY=VALUE
    Overrides /etc/login.defs defaults (GID_MIN, GID_MAX and others). Multiple -K options can be specified.

    Example: -K GID_MIN=100 -K GID_MAX=499

    Note: -K GID_MIN=10,GID_MAX=499 doesn't work yet.

-o, --non-unique
    permits the creation of a group with an already used numerical ID. As a result, for this GID, the mapping towards group NEWGROUP may not be unique.

-p, --password PASSWORD
    defines an initial password for the group account. PASSWORD is expected to be encrypted, as returned by crypt (3).

    Without this option, the group account will be locked and with no password defined, i.e. a single exclamation mark in the respective field of ths system account file /etc/group or /etc/gshadow.

    Note: This option is not recommended because the password (or encrypted password) will be visible by users listing the processes.

    Ci si deve accertare che la password rispetti le norme delle password del sistema.

-r, --system
    Crea un gruppo di sistema.

    The numeric identifiers of new system groups are chosen in the SYS_GID_MIN-SYS_GID_MAX range, defined in login.defs, instead of GID_MIN-GID_MAX.

-R, --root CHROOT_DIR
    Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory. Only absolute paths are supported.

-P, --prefix PREFIX_DIR
    Apply changes to configuration files under the root filesystem found under the directory PREFIX_DIR. This option does not chroot and is intended for preparing a cross-compilation target. Some limitations: NIS and LDAP users/groups are not verified. PAM authentication is using the host files. No SELINUX support.

-U, --users
    A list of usernames to add as members of the group.

    The default behavior (if the -g, -N, and -U options are not specified) is defined by the USERGROUPS_ENAB variable in /etc/login.defs.

CONFIGURAZIONE

The following configuration variables in /etc/login.defs change the behavior of this tool:

FILE

/etc/group
    Informazioni sugli account di gruppo.

/etc/gshadow
    Informazioni sicure sugli account di gruppo.

/etc/login.defs
    Configurazione del pacchetto password shadow

AVVISI/CAVEAT

Non è possibile aggiungere un gruppo NIS o LDAP. Questo deve essere fatto sul server corrispondente.

If the groupname already exists in an external group database such as NIS or LDAP, groupadd will deny the group creation request.

VALORI RESTITUITI

The groupadd command exits with the following values:

0
    success

2
    invalid command syntax

3
    invalid argument to option

4
    GID is already used (when called without -o)

9
    group name is already used

10
    can't update group file

VEDERE ANCHE

chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), gpasswd(8), groupdel(8), groupmod(8), login.defs(5), useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8).