NAME

group - user group file

DESCRIPTION

/etc/group is an ASCII file which defines the groups to which users belong. There is one entry per line, and each line has the format:

The field descriptions are:

group_name

the name of the group.

password

the (encrypted) group password. If this field is empty, no password is needed.

GID

the numerical group ID.

user_list

all the group member's usernames, separated by commas.

FILES

/etc/group

BUGS

As the 4.2BSD initgroups(3) man page says: No-one seems to keep /etc/group up-to-date.

SEE ALSO

login(1), newgrp(1), getgrent(3), getgrnam(3), passwd(5)

COLOPHON

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