group(5) — Linux manual page

NAME \| DESCRIPTION \| FILES \| BUGS \| SEE ALSO

group(5)                   File Formats Manual                  group(5)

NAME top

       group - user group file

DESCRIPTION top

       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.

FILES top

       /etc/group

BUGS top

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

SEE ALSO top

       chgrp(1), gpasswd(1), groups(1), login(1), newgrp(1), sg(1),
       getgrent(3), getgrnam(3), gshadow(5), passwd(5), vigr(8)

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Pages that refer to this page: gpasswd(1), lslogins(1), newgrp(1), sg(1), fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), getgrent_r(3), getgrnam(3), getgrouplist(3), group_member(3), putgrent(3), gshadow(5), passwd(5), credentials(7), grpck(8), nscd(8), pwck(8), vipw(8)