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NAME

group - group file

SYNOPSIS

/etc/group

DESCRIPTION

The /etc/group database contains information for each group in the following form:

groupname:password:gid:user-list

The following list describes the required fields:

groupname
The name of the group.

password
The group's password, in an encrypted form. This field may be empty.

gid
An integer 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.

EXAMPLE

Here is a sample group file: 

  project:asderghuIoiyw:12:dan,dave
  myproject::11:steve,jerry

SEE ALSO

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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