GROUP(5)		   Linux Programmers Manual		     GROUP(5)



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 members usernames, separated by commas.

FILES
       /etc/group

BUGS
       As  the	4.2BSD	initgroups(3)  man  page  says:  No-one  seems to keep
       /etc/group up-to-date.

SEE ALSO
       login(1), newgrp(1), getgrent(3), getgrnam(3), passwd(5)

COLOPHON
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       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux				  1992-12-29			      GROUP(5)