---
name: "group"
section: "8"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/group"
---

# group(8)

manage group information on the system

## NAME

**group** – manage group information on the system

## SYNOPSIS

**group** **add** \[**-ov**\] \[**-g** *gid*\] *group*

**group** **del** \[**-v**\] *group*

**group** **info** \[**-ev**\] *group*

**group** **mod** \[**-ov**\] \[**-g** *gid*\] \[**-n** *newname*\] *group*

## DESCRIPTION

The **group** utility acts as a frontend to the [groupadd(8)](/groupadd/8.md), [groupmod(8)](/groupmod/8.md), [groupinfo(8)](/groupinfo/8.md), and [groupdel(8)](/groupdel/8.md) commands.

For a full explanation of the options, see the relevant manual page.

## EXIT STATUS

The **group** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## SEE ALSO

[group(5)](/group/5.md), [groupadd(8)](/groupadd/8.md), [groupdel(8)](/groupdel/8.md), [groupinfo(8)](/groupinfo/8.md), [groupmod(8)](/groupmod/8.md), user(8)

## HISTORY

The **group** utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.7.

## AUTHORS

The **group** utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks ⟨*agc@NetBSD.org*⟩.