Shell Commands › Group Management › group modify (Group Management)--Replace a Local Group's Description or Membership

group modify (Group Management)--Replace a Local Group's Description or Membership

Replace a local group's description or membership.

Syntax

group modify <name> [ description=<val> ] [ +/-<principal1> ... +/-<principalN> ]

Parameters

<name>

Name of the local group.

description=<val>

Group description.

+<principal>

Add the principal to the group if it is not already a member. <principal> is in the following form:

<name>

Local user or group.

/<name>

Global user or group.

<scope>:<type>:<name>

A fully qualified principal name where <scope> is 'global' or 'local', <type> is 'group' or 'user', and <name> is the group or user name.

-<principal>

Remove the principal from the group.

Examples

group modify my-group +local:user:admin

Add local user 'admin' to the local group 'my-group'.

group modify my-group +admin

Add global user 'admin' to the local group 'my-group'.

Notes

• The local group must exist.
• Specified local user and group principals must exist.
• Specified global user principals must have logged in to the grid at some time in the past.
• Specified global group principals must be associated to a global user who has logged in to the grid at some time in the past.