21.2.3. Adding a Group

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

groupadd <group-name>

Command line options for groupadd are detailed in Table 21.2, “ 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.