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Command ReferenceA-125
NAME
group - group file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/group
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/group database contains information for each group in the following
form:
groupname:password:gid:user
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list
The following list describes the required fields:
groupname The name of the group.
password The groupī‚’s password, in an encrypted form. This field may be
empty.
gid An interger representing the group; each group is assigned a
unique integer.
user-list The user list is a comma-separated list of users allowed in the
group.
EXAMPLE
Here is a sample group file:
project:asderghuIoiyw:12:dan,dave
myproject::11:steve,jerry
SEE ALSO
nis, nsswitch.conf, quota, cifs_access, cifs_setup
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