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group_create

This job creates a new group with a given name and syncs the change on all nodes.

Mandatory parameters

Parameter name	Data type	Description
groupname	string	String containing the name of the new group.
groupid	integer	Integer value containing the ID of the new group.

Optional parameters

There are no optional parameters.

Substitute parameters

There are no substitute parameters.

Allowed users

The following users are allowed to run this job:

root

Allowed groups

The following groups are allowed to run this job:

root

exaadm

Examples

The following examples show how to run this job in a Python program using XML-RPC or on the command line using confd_client.

Python using XML-RPC

conn.job_exec('group_create', {'params': {'groupname': 'exausers', 'groupid': 42}})

Command line using confd_client

confd_client group_create groupname: exausers groupid: 42