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| 95f51977 | 1 | .\" @(#)group.5 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85 |
| 4f9cfff2 | 2 | .\" |
| 95f51977 | 3 | .TH GROUP 5 "May 15, 1985" |
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4 | .AT 3 |
| 5 | .SH NAME | |
| 6 | group \- group file | |
| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 8 | .I Group | |
| 9 | contains for each group the | |
| 10 | following information: | |
| 11 | .HP 10 | |
| 12 | group name | |
| 13 | .br | |
| 14 | .ns | |
| 15 | .HP 10 | |
| 16 | encrypted password | |
| 17 | .br | |
| 18 | .ns | |
| 19 | .HP 10 | |
| 20 | numerical group ID | |
| 21 | .br | |
| 22 | .ns | |
| 23 | .HP 10 | |
| 24 | a comma separated list of all users allowed in the group | |
| 25 | .PP | |
| 26 | This is an ASCII file. | |
| 27 | The fields are separated | |
| 28 | by colons; | |
| 29 | Each group is separated from the next by a new-line. | |
| 30 | If the password field is null, no password is demanded. | |
| 31 | .PP | |
| 32 | This file resides in directory /etc. | |
| 33 | Because of the encrypted | |
| 34 | passwords, it can and does have general read | |
| 35 | permission and can be used, for example, | |
| 36 | to map numerical group ID's to names. | |
| 37 | .SH FILES | |
| 38 | /etc/group | |
| 39 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| be3cb400 | 40 | setgroups(2), initgroups(3X), crypt(3), passwd(1), passwd(5) |
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41 | .SH BUGS |
| 42 | The | |
| 43 | .IR passwd (1) | |
| 44 | command won't change the passwords. |