1NEWGRP(1)                   General Commands Manual                  NEWGRP(1)
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NAME

6       newgrp - log in to a new group
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SYNOPSIS

9       newgrp group
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DESCRIPTION

12       Newgrp  changes  the group identification of its caller, analogously to
13       login(1).  The same person remains logged in, and the current directory
14       is  unchanged, but calculations of access permissions to files are per‐
15       formed with respect to the new group ID.
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17       A password is demanded if the group has a password and the user himself
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20       When  most  users  log in, they are members of the group named `other.'
21       Newgrp is known to the shell, which  executes  it  directly  without  a
22       fork.
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FILES

25       /etc/group, /etc/passwd
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SEE ALSO

28       login(1), group(5)
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