Recipe 8.14. Creating System Groups with addgroup

8.14.1 Problem

You need to create some new system groups, and you want to use addgroup.

8.14.2 Solution

Here's how to create system groups with addgroup:

# addgroup  system  
 newsysgroup

You can assign the GID, overriding the default. Remember to stick with your distribution's (or your personal) numbering scheme:

# addgroup  system   gid 300 
 newsysgroup

8.14.3 See Also

• addgroup(8)

• Recipe 8.11