1GSHADOW(5)               File Formats and Conversions               GSHADOW(5)
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NAME

6       gshadow - shadowed group file
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DESCRIPTION

9       /etc/gshadow contains the shadowed information for group accounts. It
10       contains lines with the following colon-separated fields:
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12       ·  group name
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14       ·  encrypted password
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16       ·  comma-separated list of group administrators
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18       ·  comma-separated list of group members
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21The group name and password fields must be filled. The encrypted password
22consists of characters from the 64-character alphabet a thru z, A thru Z, 0
23thru 9, \. and /. Refer to crypt(3) for details on how this string is
24interpreted. If the password field contains some string that is not valid
25result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a
26unix password to log in, subject to pam(7).
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28This information supersedes any password present in /etc/group.
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30This file must not be readable by regular users if password security is to be
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FILES

34       /etc/group
35          Group account information.
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37       /etc/gshadow
38          Secure group account information.
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SEE ALSO

41       group(5), gpasswd(5), newgrp(5).
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45File Formats and Conversions      07/30/2006                        GSHADOW(5)
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