Open System Services NFS SCF Reference Manual

SCF Commands for OSS NFS
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ADD GROUP Command
ADD GROUP Command
The ADD GROUP command adds a GROUP object to the OSS NFS subsystem.
GROUP objects are used to classify groups of NFS users to define NETGROUP objects
and to translate group IDs to group names. A group has a name and a numeric ID and
is composed of one or more users with unique names.
The ADD GROUP command has the following syntax:
For a GROUP object, attribute-spec can be:
GROUP group-name
specifies the name of the GROUP object to be added. GROUP objects are identified
by a case-sensitive NFS group name containing 1 to 64 ASCII characters, excluding
ASCII NUL and colon(:). Group names must begin with a letter, numeral, or
underscore (_).
GROUPID group-id
specifies the number of the group. A group ID can be from 0 through 4294967295.
No two groups can have the same group number.
MEMBER { user-name }
{ ( user-name [ , user-name ]... ) }
specifies the names of users that are members of the group. The ADD GROUP
command does not create users; you create users by using the ADD USER
command. You can also add members later by using the ALTER GROUP
command.
Considerations
Consider the following points when using the ADD GROUP command:
•
ADD GROUP is a sensitive command requiring super-group access.
•
You cannot use object-name templates to specify object names with the ADD
GROUP command.
ADD GROUP group-name [ [ , attribute-spec ]... ]
GROUPID group-id
[ MEMBER { user-name }
{ ( user-name [ , user-name ]... ) } ]