1group(5)                      File Formats Manual                     group(5)
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NAME

6       group - user group file
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DESCRIPTION

9       The  /etc/group file is a text file that defines the groups on the sys‐
10       tem.  There is one entry per line, with the following format:
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12           group_name:password:GID:user_list
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14       The fields are as follows:
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16       group_name
17              the name of the group.
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19       password
20              the (encrypted) group password.  If  this  field  is  empty,  no
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23       GID    the numeric group ID.
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25       user_list
26              a  list  of  the usernames that are members of this group, sepa‐
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FILES

30       /etc/group
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BUGS

33       As the 4.2BSD initgroups(3)  man  page  says:  no  one  seems  to  keep
34       /etc/group up-to-date.
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SEE ALSO

37       chgrp(1),  gpasswd(1),  groups(1),  login(1),  newgrp(1),  sg(1),  get‐
38       grent(3), getgrnam(3), gshadow(5), passwd(5), vigr(8)
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