Net group
Adds, displays, or modifies global groups in domains.
Syntax
net group [groupname [/comment:"text"]] [/domain]
net group [groupname {/add [/comment:"text"] | /delete} [/domain]]
net group [groupname username[ ...] {/add | /delete} [/domain]]
Parameters
groupname : Specifies the name of the group to add, expand, or delete. Specify a group name to view a list of users in a group only.
/comment:"text" : Adds a comment for a new or existing group. The comment can have as many as 48 characters. Enclose the text in quotation marks.
/domain : Performs the operation on the domain controller in the current domain. Otherwise, the operation is performed on the local computer.
/add : Adds a group, or adds a user name to a group. You must establish an account for users that you add to a group with this command.
/delete : Removes a group, or removes a user name from a group.
UserName[ ...] : Lists one or more user names to add to or remove from a group. Separate multiple user name entries with a space.
net help command : Displays help for the specified net command.
Remarks
| • | Used without parameters, net group displays the name of a server and the names of groups on the server. |
| • | You can also type net groups. |
| • | Use net group to group users who use the network in the same or similar ways. When you assign rights to a group, each member of the group automatically has those rights. In the output, net group precedes groups that include both users and groups with an asterisk (*). The net group output of groups on the server is similar to the following: Group Accounts for \\PRODUCTION ---------------------------------------------- *Domain Admins *Domain Users |
Examples
To display a list of all of the groups on the local server, type:
net group
To add a group called Exec to the local user accounts database, type:
net group exec /add
To add a group called Exec to the domain database, type:
net group exec /add /domain
To add the existing user accounts stevev, ralphr, and jennyt to the Exec group on the local computer, type:
net group exec stevev ralphr jennyt /add
To add the existing user accounts stevev, ralphr, and jennyt to the Exec group in the domain database, type:
net group exec stevev ralphr jennyt /add /domain
To display users in the Exec group, type:
net group exec
To add a comment to the Exec group record, type:
net group exec /comment:"The executive staff"
Formatting legend
| Format | Meaning |
Italic | Information that the user must supply |
Bold | Elements that the user must type exactly as shown |
Ellipsis (...) | Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line |
Between brackets ([]) | Optional items |
Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd} | Set of choices from which the user must choose only one |
Courier font | Code or program output |