The Net Group command lets you add, display, or change global groups in a Windows Server 2008 environment. This command has a number of different syntaxes, depending on how you intend to use it.
To display information about a group or to change a group’s comment, use this syntax:
net group <i>groupname</i> [/comment:"<i>text"</i>] [/domain]
To create a new group, use this syntax:
net group <i>groupname</i> /add [/comment:"<i>text"</i>] [/domain]
To delete a group, use this syntax:
net group <i>groupname</i> /delete [/domain]
Finally, to add or remove users from a group, use this syntax:
net group <i>groupname</i> <i>username</i>[ ...] {/add | /delete} [/domain]
The following paragraphs describe the parameters that you can use with the Net Group command:
Groupname: The name of the group to add, change, or delete. If you specify this parameter and no others, a list of users in the group appears.
Comment: Specifies a comment for the group. The comment can be up to 48 characters in length and should be enclosed in quotation marks.
Domain: Specifies that the operation should be performed on the primary domain controller rather than on the local computer.
Add: Creates a new group or adds users to an existing group. Before you add a user to a group, you must first create a user account for the user.
Delete: Removes a group or removes users from the group.
Username: One or more usernames to be added to or removed from the group. If you list more than one name, separate the names with spaces.
Windows isn’t picky: You can specify Net Groups rather than Net Group if you want.
This example lists all the groups on a server:
C:>net group
This example adds a group named Admin:
C:>net group Admin /add
This example adds three users to the Admin group:
C:>net group Admin Ward Wally June /add
This example lists the users in the Admin group:
C:>net group Admin