1GROUP(5)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  GROUP(5)
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NAME

6       group - user group file
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DESCRIPTION

9       /etc/group  is  a  text  file  which  defines the groups on the system.
10       There is one entry per line, with the following format:
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14       The field descriptions are:
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16       group_name
17              the name of the group.
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20              the (encrypted) group password.  If  this  field  is  empty,  no
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23       GID    the numerical group ID.
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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       login(1), newgrp(1), getgrent(3), getgrnam(3), passwd(5)
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COLOPHON

40       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
41       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
42       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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