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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of GROUP</TITLE>
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<H1>GROUP</H1>
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Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (5)<BR>Updated: 2018-04-30<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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group - user group file
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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The
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<I>/etc/group</I>
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file is a text file that defines the groups on the system.
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There is one entry per line, with the following format:
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<P>
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group_name:password:GID:user_list
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<P>
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The fields are as follows:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="1"><I>group_name</I>
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<DD>
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the name of the group.
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<DT id="2"><I>password</I>
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<DD>
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the (encrypted) group password.
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If this field is empty, no password is needed.
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<DT id="3"><I>GID</I>
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<DD>
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the numeric group ID.
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<DT id="4"><I>user_list</I>
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<DD>
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a list of the usernames that are members of this group, separated by commas.
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>FILES</H2>
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<I>/etc/group</I>
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
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As the 4.2BSD
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+initgroups">initgroups</A></B>(3)
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man page says: no one seems to keep
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<I>/etc/group</I>
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up-to-date.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+chgrp">chgrp</A></B>(1),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+gpasswd">gpasswd</A></B>(1),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+groups">groups</A></B>(1),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+login">login</A></B>(1),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+newgrp">newgrp</A></B>(1),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+sg">sg</A></B>(1),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+getgrent">getgrent</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+getgrnam">getgrnam</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+gshadow">gshadow</A></B>(5),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+passwd">passwd</A></B>(5),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+vigr">vigr</A></B>(8)
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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This page is part of release 5.05 of the Linux
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<I>man-pages</I>
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project.
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A description of the project,
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information about reporting bugs,
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and the latest version of this page,
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can be found at
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<A HREF="https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.">https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.</A>
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAC">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAD">FILES</A><DD>
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<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAE">BUGS</A><DD>
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<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAF">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAG">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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<HR>
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This document was created by
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>,
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using the manual pages.<BR>
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Time: 00:06:03 GMT, March 31, 2021
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