How to Modify a Group

Use the following procedure to modify a group.

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

   Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. Start the Solaris Management Console.

   # /usr/sadm/bin/smc &

   For more information on starting the Solaris Management Console, see How to Start the Console as Superuser or as a Role or How to Start the Solaris Management Console in a Name Service Environment.

3. Click the This Computer icon under the Management Tools icon in the Navigation pane.

   A list of categories is displayed.

4. (Optional) Select the appropriate toolbox for your name service environment.

5. Click the System Configuration icon.

6. Click the User icon.

7. Provide the superuser password or the role password.

8. Click the Groups icon.

9. Select the group to modify.

   For example, select scutters.

10. Modify the selected group in the Group Name: text box. Click OK when you are finished.

    For example, change scutters to scutter.

    All the users that were in the scutters group are now in the scutter group.