groupadd

Question 1

groupadd

Answer 1

The groupadd command creates a new group account using the values specified on the command line plus the default values from the system.

Question 2

groupadd

• f
• g
• K
• o
• p
• r
• R

Answer 2

• f, –force, Exit successfully if group exists, and cancel -g if GID is alread used.
• g, –gid GID, Use GID for the new group.
• K, –key KEY=VALUE, Override /etc/login.defs defaults.
• o, –non-unique, Allow to create groups with duplicate (non-unique) GID.
• p, –password PASSWORD, Use this encrypted password for the new group.
• r, –system, Create a system account.
• R, –root CHROOT_DIR, Directory to chroot into.