Creates one or more new users or groups.

Syntax

Create a user:

CREATE USER userpassword pid [, userpassword pid, …]

Create a group:

CREATE GROUP grouppid[, grouppid, …]

The CREATE USER or GROUP statement has these parts:

Part

Description

user

The name of a user to be added to the workgroup information file.

group

The name of a group to be added to the workgroup information file.

password

The password to be associated with the specified user name.

pid

The personal id.

Remarks

A user and a group cannot have the same name.

A password is required for each user or group that is created.

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