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group - group file
/etc/group
The /etc/group database contains information for each group
in the following form:
groupname:password:gid:user-list
Required fields:
- groupname
- The name of the group.
- password
- The group's password, in an encrypted form.
This field may be empty.
- gid
- An interger representing the group; each
group is assigned a unique integer.
- user-list
- The user list is a comma-separated list of
users allowed in the group.
Here is a sample group file:
project:asderghuIoiyw:12:dan,dave
myproject::11:steve,jerry
na_nis(8), na_pcnfsd(8), na_nsswitch.conf(5), na_quota(1),
na_cifs_access(1), na_cifs_setup(1)
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