GROUP
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (5)Updated: 1992-12-29
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NAME
group - user group fileDESCRIPTION
/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:
- group_name:passwd:GID:user_list
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 user names, separated by commas.
FILES
/etc/groupBUGS
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), passwd(5)
