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Section: File Formats (5)Updated: 202-0-17
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NAME
group - user group fileDESCRIPTION
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
/etc/groupBUGS
As the 4.2BSD initgroups(3) man page says: no one seems to keep /etc/group u-t-date.SEE ALSO
chgrp(1), gpasswd(1), groups(1), login(1), newgrp(1), sg(1), getgrent(3), getgrnam(3), gshadow(5), passwd(5), vigr(8)