salt.modules.pw_group¶

Manage groups on FreeBSD

salt.modules.pw_group.add(name, gid=None, **kwargs)¶

Changed in version 3006.0.

Add the specified group

name

Name of the new group

gid

Use GID for the new group

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.add foo 3456

salt.modules.pw_group.adduser(name, username)¶

Add a user in the group.

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.adduser foo bar

Verifies if a valid username 'bar' as a member of an existing group 'foo', if not then adds it.

salt.modules.pw_group.chgid(name, gid)¶

Change the gid for a named group

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.chgid foo 4376

salt.modules.pw_group.delete(name)¶

Remove the named group

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.delete foo

salt.modules.pw_group.deluser(name, username)¶

Remove a user from the group.

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.deluser foo bar

Removes a member user 'bar' from a group 'foo'. If group is not present then returns True.

salt.modules.pw_group.getent(refresh=False)¶

Return info on all groups

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.getent

salt.modules.pw_group.info(name)¶

Return information about a group

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.info foo

salt.modules.pw_group.members(name, members_list)¶

Replaces members of the group with a provided list.

New in version 2015.5.4.

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.members foo 'user1,user2,user3,...'

Replaces a membership list for a local group 'foo'.

foo:x:1234:user1,user2,user3,...