How can I verify if a group exists in Active Directory on a certain domain In Windows you can use the &quot;net&quot; command to do this quite easily:
net group /domain groupName

Which checks if groupName exists in your current domain.
Is there something equivalent in Mac?
To find a user:
dscl &quot;/Active Directory/DOMAIN/All Domains&quot; read /Users/user

To find a group:
dscl &quot;/Active Directory/DOMAIN/All Domains&quot; read /Groups/group