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Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (5)
Updated: 1992-12-29
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NAME

group - user group file

DESCRIPTION

/etc/group is an ASCII file which defines the groups to which users belong. There is one entry per line, and each line has the format:

: group_name:passwd:GID:user_list

The field descriptions are:

group_name: the name of the group.
password: the (encrypted) group password. If this field is empty, no password is needed.
GID: the numerical group ID.
user_list: all the group member's user names, separated by commas.

FILES

/etc/group

SEE ALSO

login(1), newgrp(1), passwd(5)

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