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Modifying local groups

You can modify existing local groups by changing the description for an existing local group or by renaming the group.

If you want to...Use the command...
Modify the local group descriptionvserver cifs users-and-groups local-group modify -vserver vserver_name -group-name group_name -description text

If the description contains a space, then it must be enclosed within double quotation marks.

Rename the local groupvserver cifs users-and-groups local-group rename -vserver vserver_name -group-name group_name -new-group-name new_group_name

Examples

The following example renames the local group CIFS_SERVER\engineering to CIFS_SERVER\engineering_new:

cluster1::> vserver cifs users-and-groups local-group rename -vserver vs1 
-group-name CIFS_SERVER\engineering -new-group-name CIFS_SERVER\engineering_new

The following example modifies the description of the local group CIFS_SERVER\engineering:

cluster1::> vserver cifs users-and-groups local-group modify -vserver vs1 
-group-name CIFS_SERVER\engineering -description "New Description"