GROUP(5) manual page
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group - user group file
The /etc/group
file is a text file that defines the groups on the system. There is one
entry per line, with the following format:
group_name:password:GID:user_list
The fields are as follows:
- group_name
- the name of the group.
- password
- the
(encrypted) group password. If this field is empty, no password is needed.
- GID
- the numeric group ID.
- user_list
- a list of the usernames that are members
of this group, separated by commas.
/etc/group
As the 4.2BSD initgroups(3)
man page says: No-one seems to keep /etc/group up-to-date.
login(1)
,
newgrp(1)
, getgrent(3)
, getgrnam(3)
, passwd(5)
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