4.4.2. Adding a New Group

To add a new group to the system, type the following at a shell prompt as root:

groupadd [options] group_name

…where options are command line options as described in Table 4.3, “groupadd command line options”.

Table 4.3. groupadd command line options

Option	Description
`-f`, `--force`	When used with `-g` gid and gid already exists, `groupadd` will choose another unique gid for the group.
`-g` gid	Group ID for the group, which must be unique and greater than 999.
`-K`, `--key` key=value	Override `/etc/login.defs` defaults.
`-o`, `--non-unique`	Allow to create groups with duplicate.
`-p`, `--password` password	Use this encrypted password for the new group.
`-r`	Create a system group with a GID less than 1000.