public/New-LocalGroup.ps1
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function New-LocalGroup { <# .SYNOPSIS Create a new local group .DESCRIPTION Create a new local security group .PARAMETER Name Name of the group to create .PARAMETER GroupID Optional. Group ID .EXAMPLE New-LocalGroup -Name "mygroup" Creates a new local group named "mygroup" .EXAMPLE New-LocalGroup -Name "mygroup" -GroupID 1001 Creates a new local group named "mygroup" with the group ID 1001 .LINK https://github.com/Skatterbrainz/linuxtools/blob/master/docs/New-LocalGroup.md #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [parameter(Mandatory)][string][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]$Name, [parameter(Mandatory)][int32]$GroupID ) try { if (Get-LocalGroup -Name $Name) { throw "Group '$Name' already exists" } $basecmd = "sudo groupadd" if ($GroupID) { $basecmd += " --gid $GroupID" } $basecmd += " $Name" Write-Verbose $basecmd Invoke-Expression $basecmd Get-LocalGroup -Name $Name } catch { Write-Error $_.Exception.Message } } |