Use this command to create a new group.
Purpose
Use the
createGroup command
to create a new group in the default repository.
If successful, the createGroup command
returns the unique name of the group.
Syntax
createGroup { -cn cn [-description description] [-parent parent]
[-memberUniqueName memberUniqueName]}
Parameters
- -cn commonname
- Specifies the common name for the group that you want to create. . This
parameter maps to the cn property in virtual member manager.
- -description description
- Specifies additional information about the group that you want to create.
This parameter maps to the description entity in a virtual member manager
object.
- -parent parent
- Specifies the repository in which you want to create the group. This parameter
maps to the parent property in virtual member manager.
- -memberUniqueName memberUniqueName
- Specifies the unique name value for the user or group that you want to
add to the new group. This parameter maps to the uniqueName property in virtual
member manager.
Sample
To create a group called groupA, issue this
command:
$AdminTask createGroup {-cn groupA}
To create a group called groupA and describe it as a group of administrators,
issue this command:
$AdminTask createGroup {-cn groupA –description "a group of admins" }