NAME
group - user group file
DESCRIPTION
/etc/group is a text file which defines the groups on the system. There is one entry per line, with the following 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 | 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
login(1), newgrp(1), getgrent(3), getgrnam(3), passwd(5)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.23 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
