37.2.3. Adding a Group

To add a group to the system, use the command groupadd:

groupadd <group-name>

groupadd <group-name>

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Command line options for groupadd are detailed in Table 37.2, “groupadd Command Line Options”.

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Table 37.2. groupadd Command Line Options
Option	Description
`-g` <gid>	Group ID for the group, which must be unique and greater than 499
`-r`	Create a system group with a GID less than 500
`-f`	When used with `-g` <gid> and <gid> already exists, `groupadd` will choose another unique <gid> for the group.

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