Adds, displays, or modifies global groups in domains.
Net group is a command-line tool that is built into Windows Vista. To run net group, open a command prompt, type net group with the appropriate parameters, and then press ENTER.
For examples of how this command can be used, see Examples.
Syntax
net group [<GroupName> [/comment:"<Text>"]] [/domain]
net group [<GroupName>{/add [/comment:"<Text>"] | /delete} [/domain]]
net group [<GroupName> <UserName>[ ...] {/add | /delete} [/domain]]
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
|
<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 accounts 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 names with a space. |
|
net help <command> |
Displays help for the specified net command. |
Remarks
- When you use net group without parameters, this command
displays the name of a server and the names of groups on the
server.
- You can also type net groups to get the same output.
- You can 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
command 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
This example lists all the groups on the local server:
net group
This example adds a group called Exec to the local user accounts database:
net group exec /add
This example adds a group called Exec to the domain database:
net group exec /add /domain
This example adds the existing user accounts estherv, ralfr, and stevent to the Exec group on the local computer:
net group exec estherv ralfr stevent /add
This example adds the existing user accounts estherv, ralfr, and stevent to the Exec group in the domain database:
net group exec estherv ralfr stevent /add /domain
This example displays users in the Exec group:
net group exec
This example adds a comment to the Exec group record:
net group exec /comment:"The executive staff"