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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| 03bfabb7 | 3 | .\" |
| d9d7a9f0 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% |
| 03bfabb7 | 5 | .\" |
| d0719240 | 6 | .\" @(#)groups.1 6.4 (Berkeley) %G% |
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7 | .\" |
| 8 | .Dd | |
| 9 | .Dt GROUPS 1 | |
| 10 | .Os BSD 4.2 | |
| 11 | .Sh NAME | |
| 12 | .Nm groups | |
| 13 | .Nd show group memberships | |
| 14 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 15 | .Nm groups | |
| 16 | .Op Ar user | |
| 17 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 03bfabb7 | 18 | The |
| d9d7a9f0 | 19 | .Nm groups |
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20 | command shows the groups to which you or the optionally specified |
| 21 | user belong. | |
| 22 | Each user belongs to a group specified in the password file | |
| d9d7a9f0 | 23 | .Pa /etc/passwd |
| 03bfabb7 | 24 | and possibly to other groups as specified in the file |
| d9d7a9f0 | 25 | .Pa /etc/group . |
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26 | If you do not own a file but belong to the group which it is owned |
| 27 | by then you are granted group access to the file. | |
| d9d7a9f0 | 28 | .Pp |
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29 | When a new file is created it is given |
| 30 | the group of the containing directory. | |
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31 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 32 | .Xr group 5 , | |
| 33 | .Xr setgroups 2 | |
| 34 | .Sh FILES | |
| 35 | .Dw /etc/passwd | |
| 36 | .Di L | |
| 37 | .Dp Pa /etc/passwd | |
| 38 | .Dp Pa /etc/group | |
| 39 | .Dp | |
| 40 | .Sh HISTORY | |
| 41 | .Nm Group | |
| 42 | appeared in 4.2 BSD. | |
| 43 | .Sh BUGS | |
| 03bfabb7 | 44 | More groups should be allowed. |