Sun Management Center Change Manager 1.0.1 Administration Guide

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## How to Create a Host Group (Command Line)

1. Determine where to create the host group.

   For example, create a host group in the `web-server` host group.

2. Create a host group.

       $ changemgr mkgroup [ -u username ] [ -p file ] [ -d domain ] \
       grouppath ...

   `-u` username

     Specifies the user name to authenticate. If this option is not specified, the user is the current UNIX user.

   `-p` file

     file consists of a single line, which contains the password. If file is `-`, then the user can supply the password as standard input.

     If the `-p` option is not supplied, then the `changemgr` command prompts the user for his password.

   `-d` domain

     Specifies the administrative domain on which to operate. In the context of a session, the default is the domain specified for the session. If no domain is specified, domain is the user's home domain. By default, domain is the user's home domain.

   grouppath

     Specifies the path to a host group that is relative to the top of the selected administrative domain.

   Choose a host group name that indicates the types of managed hosts the host group contains. For example, create a host group named `apache` in which to group managed hosts that run the Apache web server.

### Example—Creating a Host Group

Chris creates the `apache` host group in the `web-server` host group.

    $ changemgr mkgroup /web-server/apache

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