Linux
2018-04-30
NAME
group - user group file
DESCRIPTION
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/group
BUGS
As the 4.2BSD initgroups(3) man page says: no one seems to keep /etc/group up-to-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)
REFERENCED BY
newgrp(1), fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), getgrent_r(3), getgrnam(3), getgrouplist(3), group_member(3), putgrent(3), credentials(7), passwd(1), passwd(5), grpck(8), pwck(8), vipw(8), cppw(8), aer(5), sync-accounts(5), sync-accounts(8), ftpd(8), nscd(8), conflict(8mh), conflict(8), mknetid(8), ftpasswd(8), , kftpd(8), opieftpd(8)